MRG Effitas Project 37 – MRG Effitas Time to Detect Assessment Q4 2013

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  1. fax

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  2. Thankful

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    The average time to detect is up. It is taking considerably longer for AVs and other products to detect malware they initially missed.
    @fax,
    Thanks!
     
  3. Minimalist

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    Emsisoft and Kaspersky got perfect score in detection. That's great. Althought we don't know what is their average time to detect for samples they miss.

    hqsec
     
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    I'm surprised SUPERAntiSpyware is still around. It been testing horribly in every category for years now.
     
  5. vojta

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    Frankly, I detect a bit of sadism on MRG side in this case.
     
  6. The Hammer

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    It still shows up in peoples sigs.
     
  7. Osaban

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    Yes it's almost comical... I'm surprised about MBAM, it is a reasonable result but I was expecting a higher percentage.
     
  8. Noob

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    Its been a long time since they last released results for a test. :thumb:
     
  9. Rompin Raider

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    Noob...you're guys are shinning! Not surprising!
     
  10. Solarlynx

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    Emsisoft and Kaspersky :thumb:

    All my pets, including Avast is OK.

    It's interesting where would be detection of Comodo here?
     
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  11. SweX

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    Thanks for the update fax :)
     
  12. fax

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    You're welcome! :thumb:
     
  13. trjam

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    Yeah, and therere is good reason for it to.:cautious:
     
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    Kaspersky & Emsisoft, no surprise that they are the top products.

    SuckyAntiSpyware, no surpise that it is the worst product.

    SoftSphere (DefenseWall) & Surfright (Hitman Pro) did very well.

    MBAM while scoring well, did not finish as strong as usual.

    Webroot finished in the bottom half -- which will annoy all the fanboys.


    That is all.
     
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    MBAM, 15 samples missed: 97.4%

    Webroot, 8 samples missed: 98.6%
     
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    Yeah, they both did well.

    But still, MBAM usually finishes stronger.

    And Webroot finished in the bottom half.


    Ok then.
     
  17. Noob

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    Yeah, makes you feel "safer" but deep inside i know it doesnt necessarily mean that. :D
     
  18. vojta

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    Both did well, what? Webroot fanboys must be annoyed because it ended in the bottom half (I suppose that you include HIPS products but exclude antimalwares for some reason), MBAM fanboys must be appalled. Come on, you posted here to have a fanboys war, don't quit so soon.:'(
     
  19. Try to find a test of MRG on which DefenseWall did not score a 100%, so technically DW did not do very well, it does what it always does, stopping 100%

    DW does this (100% score) for quite some time now, see for instance http://www.av-comparatives.org/single-product-review-softsphere-defensewall-hips-may-2009/ where DW was also tested against 100 samples, not being detected by major AV's at that time.

    On the other hand I don't understand why a HIPS/FW is included in a test to determine the detection delay of malware samples o_O
     
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  20. Esse

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    Amen to that...

    /E
     
  21. Noob

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    Agree!
    I've always found DW to be out of place in some of these tests.
     
  22. FleischmannTV

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    On the contrary I always appreciate these very rare occasions, where we see products like DefenseWall tested at all.

    It might seem displaced in this test but in comparison to pop-up HIPS it does not require the amount of user interaction to achieve protection. From the way it works it's actually good to compare its zero day protection value with reactive detection based security products. Whereas some products need some time to catch up with their detection mechanisms, DefenseWall does not depend on it.

    But of course thanks to these ridiculous 100% test results we've been seeing across the board for the major players lately, one might think that reaction equals prevention.
     
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    No F-Secure?
     
  24. When DW V3 came out it scored 100% at Matousec, they did not want to include it because it had a HIPS :eek: of course all programs tested at Matousec are HIPS neither :D So yes it is good for DW to reach audience with thia test participation.
     
  25. Noob

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    If im not mistaken DW is like some sort of Anti-Executable HIPS that uses a whitelist so i'd say that unless the malware is trying to replicate or infect a legit file then it will pass most tests easily. :D
     
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