Twister Antivirus

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  1. rayoflight

    rayoflight Registered Member

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    Yes,in the program details.
    Please take a look here on main GUI window screenshot (Control Panel)
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1239110&postcount=1
    Definituon version,definition date etc. And in the right corner you can see an option Online Virus Scan.
    If I understand it sends file to online scan but where?To Virus Total or to their own virus lab or somewhere else?
     
  2. Saraceno

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    That's the section which opens up a windows explorer screen for you to directly submit a suspicious file/folder. For you to submit a virus to the company.

    In all honesty, the program works very well, too well for something no-one had heard of before.

    I know it's a long shot, and someone else suggested it, but it'd be good to see AV-Comparatives.org do a single product test on it. See how the little dude goes up against the big hairy bohemiths. :D
     
  3. danny9

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    With all the good things about Twister being said here, I wish I was able to run it for awhile without getting a BSOD.
    Guess I'm a little jealous. :)
     
  4. cruelsister

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    Another good thing about Twister is that it runs on Server 2008 (which is a great desktop OS).
     
  5. solarpowered candle

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    Did you read this in the help manual?

    How to do if Twister doesn't work ?
    Why my computer always restart or bluescreen when I start Twister ? How to solve it ?

    Please make sure your Twister and virus definition is up-to-date, if yes, maybe there have some files lost or damaged. Please note, you should restart your computer after update if it required you to restart, otherwise it maybe cause this error.

    However, you may based on following steps to fix it:

    Start your computer with Windows Security Mode. You may skip this step if your computer can be startup successfully.
    Remove Twister from Windows Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Twister Anti-TrojanVirus -> Delete it. Please restart your computer immediately after removing.
    Because there have some important date will not be automatically deleted after uninstall, you need to delete them all manually. Please manually delete whole folder of Twister at "C:\Program Files\FilsecLab\Twister" or other you installed path. This is very important, you must delete them all, otherwise, maybe the problem cannot be resolved.
    Please download the latest setup package and update package from http://www.filseclab.com.
    After download, reinstall with new setup package and do not restart computer immediately, update it with new update package, and restart your computer at this time.
    Now, your Twister will be recovery.
     
  6. danny9

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    I appreciate your efforts in posting this, solarpowered candle, but my problem is not starting it or running it, and it was updated.
    My problem is the scans.
    I will get the blue screen during or at the end of a scan.
    Their tech support said they were unaware of anyone else having this problem yet several posters here have had it too.
    Their thoughts were a conflict with another software, probably a security software.
    They asked for my os and other software I'm running but I have yet to hear back from them.
    So until I do, I doubt if I will now, 2 reinstalls and 3 BSOD's is enough.
    Thanks, Dan
     
  7. solarpowered candle

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    bound to be a conflict with some other security app. ( maybe oa) I took off any other security and loaded up fileclab and twister so its going along ok .
     
  8. rayoflight

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    If so I don't understand what difference between Online Virus Scan and Online Submit New Viruso_O

    solarpowered candle
    What is oa?
     
  9. Saraceno

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    Hi rayoflight, it's meant to read 'Submit New Virus - online'.

    Being a chinese company/program, there are a few words that may not have been translated correctly.

    I'm assuming OA= Online Armor - a firewall program that has behavioural capabilities. These might be conflicting with the same behavioural system checks that Twister might be performing and giving users the blue screen errors.
     
  10. MaB69

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    Hi,

    OA = Online Armor
    OA did not conflict with it, retry it on a freshly installed Windows XP SP3 on my laptop and again the same BSOD after some minutes of use

    Regards,

    MaB
     
  11. Saraceno

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    MaB69, I ran it on Vista. Not sure, but maybe their updated program might be better suited to run on it. :doubt:

    What OS were others running?
     
  12. cruelsister

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    I have it on XP SP3 and on Server 2008. Not a BSOD yet. Only issue so far (if you can call it that) was an obvious FP - it tagged the NOD 3 Biz version uninstaller for some reason.

    But I also don't use any HIPS so that may come into play.
     
  13. rayoflight

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    Windows Vista SP1.Works without any problem.
     
  14. MaB69

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    May be this AV hates me ! :p

    MaB
     
  15. danny9

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    You're not alone, my friend. :)
     
  16. tbay2

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    I recently bought two licenses for Twister to use on my home PC and laptop. They are both XP Home with SP3 and I have checked all options except "Virus Immunity". I have been very pleased with how the program works without any performance issues on my machines. They haven't caught any malware,but on the other hand I haven't run into any in over three years anyways likely due to safe computing practices. I used to run NOD32 but after the problems with that program over the last couple of days I'm glad I don''t have that on my machine anymore.
     
  17. cruelsister

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    On all the mixed malware samples that I tried Twister was on par with Avira which is saying quite a bit.
     
  18. Saraceno

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    tbay2, is it running well along side any other security products (if any)?

    I'm assuming just a decent firewall (even XP/Vista firewall turned on) would be needed.
     
  19. sach1000rt

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    lighter antivirus i have ever used. it detected every single malware sample that i have stored (some of them were not detected by popular AVs when i tried them,so later i had to submit them thru email then they included them.)But this AV detected them all.
    Another thing nice about it is it has very good protection modules,it has very good options like FIXWINDOWS in which the common malware target like disable taskmanager,disable regedit,disable folder options etc will be repaired.
    Finally it is an AV worth to look at.And i wish it a great future.
     
  20. HyperFlow

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    i just installed this AV and must admit it's very nice and very lite. running with no trouble beside comodo FW def+ no BSOD or freezes.
     
  21. demonio

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    This excellent antivirus fast and light, so I tested on VM with malware recent past kaspersky first and then nod32 TWISTER but still found a good malware cleaning my system.
    and then is immune to beagle:D

    Best Regards
     
  22. tbay2athome

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    Router/hardware firewall
    Twister 7.3.1.9969
    Mamutu 1.6.0.29
    WinPatrol Plus 15.0.2008

    A-squared Free (on demand)

    I used to run a software firewall until I set up my home network and got a router. I know some folks see their software firewall as a last line of defense against malware but in my humble opinion if that's the case there's something wrong with your setup that allows the malware to get onto your system in the first place.
     
  23. Fuzzfas

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    I installed it and it is very light in deed! Maybe western companies should learn something about effectiveness without the bloat from this.

    It also seem very keen at what it does. Right after installation, 3 FP! Abiword flagged as trojan, Auslogics Registry Defrag was flagged by the registry monitor and also RocketDock.dll!

    If it's so good in nailing real malware too, i am impressed! Will see how things will go as far as stability is concerned. :thumb:
     
  24. Coolio10

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    Really good impressions....

    Especially for an av that barely anyone knew about.

    I hope it destroys kaspersky and eset :D.
     
  25. Fuzzfas

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    Does any of the Chinese members of the forum know if this AV is widespread in China?
     
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