AV-Comparatives: Real-World Protection Test - April 2017

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  1. Cutting_Edgetech

    Cutting_Edgetech Registered Member

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    What's the deal with Emsisoft? If they use Bitdefender signatures then why do they always lag far behind bitdefender on signature detection before their Behavior Blocker has to kick in. Is Bitdefender cheating them on their signatures?
     
  2. hawki

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    Emsisoft uses the Bitdefender Engine, in combination with it's own anti-malware engine, only for on-demand scanning.The scanners have been integrated at the lowest level in order to avoid unnecessary duplicate detections for the same malware.

    https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/16558-question-about-the-bitdefender-engine/#comment-128178

    Found in thread Titled: "Question about the Bitdefender engine."

    https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/16558-question-about-the-bitdefender-engine/#comment-128178
     
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  3. Rasheed187

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    Win SmartScreen is also available on Win 7 and 8 AFAIK. The cloud features from WD is indeed only available on Win 10. So maybe that's why MRG disabled it? That still isn't clear to me.

    Where do you see me getting personal? It's just funny to me that when results are good, the test is all of a sudden not disputed. Nobody seems to care about Win SS anymore.
     
  4. FleischmannTV

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    Bitdefender is probably blocking those samples with their webfilter in their own product, so they won't even download, and we cannot see if the sample would have been missed by their on-access scanner. Emsisoft's webfilter on the other hand may be significantly weaker, thus putting more emphasis on signatures and their behavior blocker.
     
  5. guest

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    I think you missed this
    Don't you agree?
     
  6. Cutting_Edgetech

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    Ok, I forgot about Emsisoft's web filter difference. Does Emsisoft still not scan http traffic for malware? That's why I chose not to use them a few years ago after they stopped supporting Online Armor. I'm surprised if they still don't scan http traffic.
     
  7. Cutting_Edgetech

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    Ok, I see. I think Emsisoft should scan http traffic for malware. I think that is the difference in test results.
     
  8. hawki

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    Scanning https seems to be a double-edged sword with arguments on either side - both respecting security and privacy.

    This month's results for Emsisoft are an abberation -- it typically blocks/detects 100%.

    True, many are user dependent, but that has never bothered me. The choice is usually a "no-brainer."

    I have a very high degree of confidence in Emsisoft's behavior blocker.

    EMIS also has a kick-azz firewall -- my PC has never caught fire even during the severest of thunderstorms :) Just kidding -- it has some usefull options for asking about outgoing communications and privacy threat connections on websites. It's heritage is the robust engine that powered Online Armor, but it utilizes a simpler, friendlier UI that’s intelligent enough to keep the number of alerts it throws at you to a minimum while giving you the option of keeping you informed as unknown programs attempt to access the internet.
     
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  9. guest

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    SS in Win7 is only via IE, not system wide. big difference. it is why Win10 isn't Win7+MSE

    i saw it, i agree with the part you mention but what about malicious urls/exploits submitted in the test? WDSC has nothing to detect them except via SS.

    Anyway we can't talk about WD or SS alone anymore, now in Win10 CU it is WD Security Center (with both integrated in it).
     
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  10. FleischmannTV

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    You neither have to scan traffic nor do you have to detect anything at all, if you can block the hosting service from which the malware is downloaded; at least in this test, I suppose. Bitdefender probably has a more extensive and up-to-date URL blacklist than Emsisoft.
     
  11. IBK

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    Bitdefender has Active Virus Control (sort of behavior analysis) which appears to be quite effective. It is not the URL blocker making the difference.
     
  12. Cutting_Edgetech

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    I just prefer blocking threats as early as possible.
    I only commented on their low signature detection in comparison to Bitdefender, and Emsisoft uses Bitdefender signature database so I wanted to understand why there is such a big difference in signature detection.

    I like their behavior blocker also. I think it's the best feature of their suite. I wish Eset had something very similar.

    It's heritage is not the Online Armor firewall engine. Emsisoft firewall was started from scratch. I tested it before it was even alpha stage . It did not even have a GUI yet. I'm glad you are happy with the firewall. I hope it continues to improve.
     
  13. Cutting_Edgetech

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    I thought Bitdefender had a great behavior blocker after watching some videos on Youtube of different people testing it against Malware packs, and infected links. I wish Eset would develop a behavior blocker, but they are obsessed with 0 to extremely low false positives. I suggested they could leave the behavior blocker disabled by default so it would not affect them in test results like AV-Comparatives.
     
  14. guest

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    just some part of its code come from OA.
     
  15. xxJackxx

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    Nothing wrong with that. False positives have caused me more problems over the years than malware has.
     
  16. guest

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    They have an HIPS already (ok a poorly made HIPS but still an HIPS)
     
  17. Cutting_Edgetech

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    As I already stated, they don't have to have the Behavior blocker enabled by default. They could prevent any false positives with that simple approach.
     
  18. Cutting_Edgetech

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    Yes, I use it in Smart Mode. I had way too many problems out of Interactive Mode, and Policy Based Mode. I posted about them over at Eset forum, but I never was able to resolve the problems I ran into with Interactive, and Policy Based Mode.
     
  19. guest

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    I don't know the current version, but i remember in the one i used years ago, Policy Mode (or maybe the other) allowed by default while Interactive bring a storm of prompts...ridiculous...
     
  20. Azure Phoenix

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    I believe you are referring to automatic mode.
     
  21. guest

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    yes this one.
     
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