Online Security around the globe is becoming a challenge for all online consumers, regardless of age - especially when protecting identities and confidential information before and during online transactions.

Financial institutions, in recent years, leading online businesses and Internet Service Providers have stepped up their level of security by spending millions on the latest Enterprise level security solutions to protect their assets - with one big problem: all this spending has failed to extend fully or integrate the weakest link in the security chain.

The weakest link, sadly, remains 'you', the customer, and the computer that is used to transact online. Consumers are struggling to keep up-to-date and are still not fully aware of the security health status of their computers before and during online transactions, which opens them up to the massive risks of ID theft, transaction fraud, phishing attacks and worse.

Online Banking Security Advices are prominently posted on banking websites and promoted in the media to warn consumers of the pending dangers - but few read this information or take notice of it as these security advices take time to read through and these tasks as often overlooked in the need for speed. TrustDefender, fortunately complements existing security applications and will secure your transactions regardless of the security health of the computer.

The more sophisticated online criminals can even then easily bypass this first level of security and embed sophisticated trojans that can either take control before the Operating Systems starts up (through rootkits) or embed themselves deep inside the operating system where they can make themselves completely invisible to anti-virus software packages.

TrustDefender, again employs an enhanced sophisticated 'Rootkit' detection technology and 'Kernel Forensics Engine' that will detect, isolate and secure the customers' computers from highly sophisticated Trojans, viruses and other malicious software during online transactions. Techradar has a very visual description of those real-life attacks.

Now with enhanced Vista compatibility, TrustDefender has released an advanced version 2.0 of its TrustDefender Gold Edition software, which is designed to secure consumer online transactions and help inform consumers when their chosen Anti-virus and Internet security software is not up to date, switched off or even when their firewall has been inadvertently switched off.

Further, TrustDefender Gold Edition now comes with enhanced features for Vista and XP users. These key features include:

- full Vista compatibility;
- the employment of an enhanced sophisticated 'Rootkit' detection technology and 'Kernel Forensics Engine'
- an enhanced user interface for user friendly protection and true ease of use, even by novice users;
- the ability to protect personal identity and confidential information when online;
- the ability to verify the authenticity of websites;
- assurance that the computer is safe and secure;
- very light weight ~ 1.8 Mb;
- complements and enhances existing security;
- builds confidence in online transactions with online brands.