FWIW: AVLab: protection test against ransomware threats

I have never before heard of this testing organization. They describe themselves as:

"AVLab brings together enthusiasts of antivirus software and web safety. Our activities include program testing and sharing results of our analyzes * with all Internet users.We are not controlled and/or linked with any software developer."

*English is not their native language - bad translation, not poor spelling. They are in Poland.

Website is here: https://avlab.pl/

They appear to be impressive and legit, using Google Translator.

So, FWIW:

AVLab: protection test against ransomware threats
Oct, 2016

https://avlab.pl/sites/default/files/68files/ENG_2016_ransomware.pdf

 

Thanks for your post! It's really a worthy FWIW.

My browser bookmark for avlab dot pl is date stamped Feb. 2012.

It's been a couple of years since I dropped in on their site but I remember it wasn't so ugly-modern and as I recall there was a resident, optional English view.

The last PDF I dl'd from them was in Oct. 2014, a test of free AVs.

Their English is better than most Wilders members for whom it's their native tongue.

This PDF is an impressive report on ransomware detection/protection.

I'm adding AVLab to my RSS feeds.

Here's another...
https://avlab.pl/sites/default/files/files/test_of_free_malware_scanners.pdf

 

Is there still an English view?
@hawki Thanks great find
Ransomware does worrie me the most when dealing with computers of family members.

 

Foltyn SecurityShield anyone?

 

Found an error.....Zemana missed sample No.23 but yet they received Best+++ award.

 

Look at this
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/foltyn-securityshield-beta.389957/

 

Cool, thanks for the info!

 

Well it shows that full AV-solutions are way better in such a defence than 'specialized' anti-ransomwares or ondemand fixing utilities - good morning, Malwarebytes! ;-)

 

siketa

Zemana scored 0/1 on three samples.

0/1 = "file was run and explicitly blocked by proactive protection"

To receive the top +++ score requires no infections. Zemana accomplished this.

It appears you may have been looking at the wrong line for Zemana since you only specified a miss on one sample.

 

Could be but I'm pretty much sure it was 0/0...maybe they already corrected it.

 

Yes, they updated the pdf-file. I compared them and found one difference within the pdf:

(and they added ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite to the Best+++ Awards, it was missing in the old pdf-file)

 

@ mood:

 

Sadly enough still no response from Malwarebytes, about the bad performance of MBARW, and too bad that HMPA wasn't tested. Foltyn SecurityShield was very impressive, I hope these guys team up with Datpol, hopefully SpyShelter will add their file monitoring techniques.