Ok no one seems to know this answer.

The question is simple:
How does Nod32 Advanced Heuritics compare to Panda TruPrevent?
Is Panda Better? Less False positives? or is Nod32 better?
Both when looking at trojans, viruses and spyware.

Thanks

 

I think NOD32 is still better than Panda TruPrevent. While Panda is a very good heuristic engine, I believe I saw somewhere that NOD was slightly better.

When a certain virus outbreak occurred (I do not remember which) ony NOD32 AH and Panda TruPrevent caught it on-the-fly without signatures.

Regards,
Firecat

 

Panda's True Prevent is not as good as NOD32 AH. I also find it to be a quite heavy on my machine.

Panda's true prevent is more comparable to Norman's sandbox in terms of detection then is to NOD32 AH.




tECHNODROME

 

You cannot prevent them actually. NOD32's AH is a file scanning heuristic, combined with static and generic unpacking. Panda's TruPrevent is a behaviour blocker which relies to catch the suspicious action while it is performed by the *activated* malware.

I think you actually need both in a good AV - because there are runtime compressors around which you simply cannot unpack in a resonable time anymore. All the crypting & packing is usless against a behaviour blocker - but then a behaviour blocker is a client-side feature. You cannot use it on a server (mailgateway for example).

 

tru Prevent is a little different . Which does a better job ? Again . Each are a bit different . If for no other reason , NOD should be chosen as their ITW is hard to discredit . I know ITW is something different but , the point is NOD is more familiar in this area as their record proves . Hope that helps and good luck in your quest

 

Yes I agree. TruPrevent is definitely good, but cannot match NOD32 AH.

 

Indeed, Panda is improving... but NOD is still better in this way... I still have my doubts about NOD32 too, their heuristic is good, but their "normal" detection is still pretty behind McAfee and Kaspersky... It's about compromises my friend

 

& hows Panda on resources? Padna Platinum/Titanium seems getting popular these days

 

Titanium's pretty light...but the 2005 version hogs more than 2004 because of the added Spyware/Adware detection I think...But still its pretty light.

 

but is it lighter than than Kav 5 then? Would be looking for a back up actually

 

I dont know.

 

From what I've seen it seems its just as light as KAV or slightly heavier.

 

ah thx Firecat.....just taking a pre caution note