Anyone has any test configurations when WSA is used alongside with other AV?

For example using the Prevex/Webroot combo WSA along with OA++ or Eset?

Looking at resource impact if both are employed as opposed to either or.

 

Although WSA can be run alongside other AVs, it can also be effectively deployed as a standalone solution. Potential performance issues apart, it might be more effective to supplement WSA with a different type of protection - virtualization and/or policy restriction for example - rather than adding another real-time AV.

The overhead from running multiple AVs in real-time increases proportionately with each AV added, but the increase in protection is subject to diminishing marginal returns, so maybe not a good trade-off from a cost/benefit perspective. There's also the risk of conflict from running two programs of the same type to consider.

When running another real-time AV alongside WSA, one thing to watch out for is double scanning when the other AV tries to scan a file that is being scanned by WSA. If the other AV supports process exclusion - in addition to file and folder exclusion - adding wrsa.exe to the process exclusion list will avoid this. If the other AV doesn't support process exclusion, it may be possible to set it to ignore files when they are opened for reading; ESET NOD32, for example, has this option.

 

I agree. We do work to be compatible with every other AV but there are some performance considerations when scanning multiple times. The main hit comes from a few AVs which load files into memory as if they're being executed (MalwareBytes being the most prominent example). If you experience slow scans, you may want to add WSA to the exclusion list of the other AV.

 

What about Microsoft's MSE for instance?
Good match?
I don't think we can exclude processes in MSE though.

 

Yes, you can.

 

You should be able to but you probably won't have to. It would be worth trying them together and see your results

 

Doing that since a couple of days, and it works.
However, MSE is so slow I don't think I'm going to keep it.
BTW, is Prevx as good standalone than WSA?
I'm waiting to be migrated to WSA from Prevx.

 

Prevx 3 and WSA are both complete anti-malware products that can be effectively deployed as standalone solutions. There is little to be gained by running either of them alongside another AV. If you want another security layer for additional protection, I suggest considering a different type of product, not a second AV.

 

Thanks.
As my signature says, I also use Zemena. (and run MBAM on-demand every night)

 

Yes, you've got a good setup there.

Regards

 

@pegr,

check your pms.

 

Hello all

I have noticed that NIS 2012 (19.2, latest) has become more and more incompatible with WRSA Beta since version 80066. Now with version 8018, for about 2 minutes, i get a blank screen with my mouse only appearing before the desktop is displayed.... After this stage, everything gets back to normal.
My config: Vista Ultimate 32 bits, 3 gigas Ram.
Any solution for this conflict at startup?
Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Herve

 

Good pair with ZoneAlarm Antivirus or Suite.
To avoid with ZoneAlarm Extreme, it conflicts with ZA virtualization.

 

Hi Blackcat,

Thanks for the info.

Regards

 

Sounds like something delaying the shell loading. Does it speed up substantially if WSA is temporarily uninstalled? If so, does it stay okay after a reinstall? If not on the first, it's Norton's fault. If not on the second, run a scan and save the logs. See if Norton stuff is showing up a . If so, use the Submit Feedback button to contact support so it can be set.