Identity shield fails MitB simulators

http://www.mrg-effitas.com/current-tests/

 

That is not true

Either:

a) the test is flawed

b) in real life is different

c) you do not understand how the product works

d) user experince is different, they are happy

Thank you for your sugestion!

or

e) Yawn, yawn...and again, yawn!

 

LoL... I was waiting for this post since yesterday. You are late

 

Yawn, yawn...and again, yawn!

 

Please read the test report. This is not about some test methods not being compatible with WSA and therefore not detected it because it is not executed or other stuff. On other threads about WSA scoring bad in tests Webroot has stated that even if a sample is not detected after execution, it will still be blocked from accessing sensitive information entered into the browser eg. email passwords, online banking etc. The most popular attack vector with recent financial malware is MitB(Man in the Browser) attack. Webroot claims Identity Shield protects from MitB attack. As the report shows there are at least 2 methods to do a MitB attack that Identity Shield does not block and so if a sample which uses these methods is executed on a users PC and WSA does not detect the sample, then it can succesfully steal sensitive information and attacks can use it to steal money or worse. Webroot should update Identity Shield to block these methods so they can't be used to steal sensitive info. I also suggest Webroot looks more pro-actively for new methods to do MitB attacks and update protection, as while they have passed the BBC sim in the report, that was only a retest after Webroot had access to it and was able to update WSA as it didn't pass the first time and there have been other cases as well were they weren't able to protect against new methods at the time of the test while other competitors like Zemana Antilogger and Trusteer Rapport passed them all.

 

I apologize but I'm going to opt to not respond to this specific test due to past events.

 

Hi PrevxHelp

BoerenkoolMetworst makes a fair point (in my view) so what are these past events that make you so coy about responding? Is it that there is some substance to what BoerenkoolMetworst relates?

Not much point in having a help contact in the forum if he or she chooses to abdicate his companies responsibilities.

Commercial life comes with costs and liabilities !!?

Terry

 

Feel free to ask further at the Webroot Community or through our support inbox. I am just personally removing myself from this discussion here, but there are many more people at Webroot who can help answer.

I'm happy to answer questions about any other test in the meantime, or any other product related questions as always.