after some tests my thoughts.

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  1. simisg

    simisg Registered Member

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    Yesterday i have made some tests against some new threats from malwarebytes forum.... im really disapointed because : avast,antivir, panda cloud,mse,rising free not really protect my xp sp3 virtual machine (all antiviruses are installed inside the guest virtual system) from infections all these antiviruses detect many threats (not all) but most of the threats passed and after the detection..... i must say that i have run the exes of the malware most of the times. After run all malware exes always find that my virtual system is infected... i must say thanks to malwarebytes , superantispyware, hitman pro,a-squared for disinfect me every time and give me back the control of the virtual machine. Also i must say only threatfire (from the products i test) detect-prevent and kill for true most of the malware.
    After that i believe its nice to detect the malware but must prevent and the infection of the machine also.....
    behavior blockers and hips are the must for real protection!
     
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  2. Lebowsky

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    I would say i agree with you on that 100%.
    I dont have any experience with Threatfire though, am checking out their website now:http://www.threatfire.com/features/
     
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    MBAM's still pretty good and probably has the best cleanup after a rogue install.

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  4. Cerxes

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    That's because your AV on the host doesn't alert for threats inside your VM. Install your AV in the guest OS as well, then it will work (if it has the signatures).

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  5. andyman35

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    If your AV has a webguard that'll of course protect the Guest OS from malicious downloads too.
     
  6. Lebowsky

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    Is that what he meant? :blink:
    Maybe i misunderstood, i thought he conducted the test in a Guest Account, and also installed the anti-malware apps. in it, to test them.
    I dont think he meant "if the anti-malware apps. are on the Host OS, why dont they protect the guest OS."
     
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    Even a software firewall on your host wont protect your guest OS. One have to install/activate it in the guest OS as well. Regard the guest OS in the VM as an other physical machine.

    /C.
     
  8. simisg

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    cerxes i have installed all these antiviruses inside the virtual quest system im not a novice user......what are you talking about.... i know how to make a test :) the test is inside the guest os!!!! Im not talking for protection from host os to the guest os. Only some network and web shields can do that!
    I know my english is not good but try to read carefully other time.
     
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    Isn't it easier just to restore to a clean snapshot, or am I missing something?
     
  10. simisg

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    yes but i choose the the hard way most of the times to see the disinfection possibilities......
     
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    malwarebytes is a good desinfector;)
     
  12. Lebowsky

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    :D i thought so.
     
  13. simisg

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    other good software i use for disinfection is hijackthis and regrun reanimator
    also snapshots of registry and some antirootkits like gmer
     
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    cool;) i know by doing the clean up the hard way you get to know what works or what doesnt:D
     
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    yes! and you learn all windows .dll files :)
     
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    good stuff;)
     
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    I can only speak for avira webguard but see the enclosed screenshot of a malicious url being blocked in the guest with Avira installed on the host.
     

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    this is not our subject open new thread if you want......
     
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    Try Prevx. It seems to catch everything thrown at it.
     
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    O.k, apparently I´ve missed the sentence between the parenthesis somehow. Besides that, your explanation of the intention with your test is hardly crystal clear either so...

    /C.
     
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    yes prevx is good but not free...... threatfire is free and also catch everything thrown at it(level 4 in realtime protection is better)! also hitman pro is very strong in disinfection
    behavior is the future.....
     
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    some time in the past i have seen this site before.... do you know what this software is? is it safe i dont know nothing about vendor.... an the first page of the site is strange
     
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    ok nevermind i found a readme from vendor inside i will test it.......... but it has no realtime protection....and no disinfection
     
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