Test of free antivirus according to CheckLab.pl

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  1. adrian_sc

    adrian_sc Registered Member

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    Dear Readers of WildersSecurity.

    In two paragraphs [...]:
    • Comparison of free and paid antivirus - what are the differences?
    • What is missing in free products?
    [...] we tried to explain the differences between free and paid security products.

    https://checklab.pl/sites/default/files/galeria/checklab_free_av_october_2019_chart.png

    You can read full report at: https://checklab.pl/en/publications/comparison-free-security-product-protect-personal-computers

    Chart and table: https://checklab.pl/en/recent-results

    Awards: https://checklab.pl/en/awards

    And about CheckLab: https://checklab.pl/en/about-us
     
  2. clocks

    clocks Registered Member

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    They need to add a legend to that chart.
     
  3. Victek

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    Yes, I have no idea what the colors on the bars signify.
     
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    Here you go

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  5. Pat MacKnife

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    As for Windows defender test they didn't use smartscreen as browser protection, so its normal that WD didn't score so well.(No browser protection)
    But for example this test WD + Chrome + WDBP or WD + Edge Chromium would be a much better result at browser level.
    So if you use chrome add windows browser protection (extension) and maybe Bitdefender trafficlight extension for phishing and your good to go, also Edge chromium is with smartscreen (browser protection) + BDtrafficlight.
    People who use ConfigureDefender can tweak WD with High or Max settings which give a higher protection :) (this would certainly give WD +++ level)
     
  6. Hiltihome

    Hiltihome Registered Member

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    +1
    It seems, that they are all tricking, to shine a bad light on WD.
    As I work as a customer supporter, I have to say,
    that machines with WD and PUP tweak, are the least infected, that come in.
     
  7. adrian_sc

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    The legend is available at webpage with charts and tables: https://checklab.pl/en/recent-results

    Please consider that we are testing technologies for protection. The extension Windows Defender Browser Protection is not part of the official package from Microsoft. It is not ready as out-of-the-box.

    If we tweak the settings for Windows Defender or install extra extension to the browser to get a better result, we must do the same for AVs, which do not have a filter of malicious pages in the browser, e.g. SecureAPlus or Comodo. And this probably won't be fair, I suppose. It'll get quite a mess.

    If we install the extension for antivirus X, then there will be a question - why you install this extension and not other? And why haven't you tested all of them? ... :)

    Aren't the default settings the most fair in comparative tests?
     
  8. fax

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    Isn't it Microsoft SmartScreen default in Edge or Chromium Edge in windows 10??
     
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    Yes. And so noted in the report write up:
    Also, SmartScreen is enabled by default in IE11.

    The problem is most do not use Edge as their browser and Chromium Edge has not been officially released. As such, most AV labs will test with a browser in wide use such as Chrome or FireFox.
     
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    Andy Ful over at malwaretips.com made an interesting comment that he believes the samples tested were missing the MOTW: https://malwaretips.com/threads/checklab-pl-test-of-free-antivirus.96680/#post-847014 .

    Then there is this tidbit from the details of Check Lab's testing methodology:
    https://checklab.pl/en/publications...ing-checklab-website-dedicated-security-tests

    I'll leave it to the WD fanboys to sort it all out.
     
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  11. Hiltihome

    Hiltihome Registered Member

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    One don't have to be a WD fanboy, to realize, that those "tests", are good for nothing.
     
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    Whether MOTW was present or not also might be an academic one. In the latest MRG real-time test, samples were downloaded via their URL source using Chrome. WD also scored poorly in the in-the-wild and exploit/fileless malware test segments: https://www.mrg-effitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MRG_Effitas_2019Q3_360.pdf
     
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  13. Hiltihome

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    Lists of URL sources are real world?
    WD is build to protect users in real world, not to score high in synthetic real world.
     
  14. Bertazzoni

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    Why post about WD in this thread then?
     
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