Malwarebytes Shuriken to go Active

There's posting in the Malwarebytes forum that Shuriken heuristics will go active in the refs.def file for Database 4150 and thereon. As of right now it's 4143. So, real soon!

 

I love that name: "Shuriken"!!

It sounds all Martial Artsy!!

Hopefully it will be a "star"


rat

 

I have a Scythe(=brand) Shuriken(=model) ( cpu cooler ) in one of my PCs. LOL

 

what the heck is Shuriken heuristics?

 

Its a new version of their heuristics. They used it during the last bunch of beta testing. They told us to run a scan w/o and then w/ to see the difference. I never saw any change in detection.

 

thanks kj

 

I tested this once against old samples and it didn't detect even one

Hope to be better as it has been a while since it was in BETA

 

di you tested againts new samples?

 

Old means about a month or two

 

i know but i ask you if you also tested with new malware

 

Sounds promising.

 

Nah I didn't test against zero days It is tedious to find some good zero day threats and I don't try to download much from MDL I visit many compromised sites and download many cracks and keygens and then watch their behavior

 

cool ,also limewire

 

Great

 

4150 is here but Shuriken isn't.

 

I have 4151 and it has Shuriken. You have to look under scanner options.

 

yes it's tucked away in the settings menu.

 

Yeah it is included, just updated mine

 

Im sure i have seen that option there since 1.46 came out?
Current pc still has update version 4150.

 

That button has been there for a while, if I remember correctly it does not do anything till the new .ref file goes active.

 

Nice that Malwarebytes' will include new technologies.
Will it be available in the free version?

 

Yeah its included in FREE version

 

That's correct. It's been an advertised feature since 1.45 and probably why that user posted up an inquiry as to its progress/release on the Malwarebytes forum.

Apparently some forum poser over there thought he was an official spokesman for the company and pulled the 4150 number out of his... well, you know where.

 

does the Shuriken detect viruses?

 

Isn't it an heuristic module?
If it is, then i guess it should detect viruses