Introducing, The New Prevx Edge.

I apologize for raising this topic. I appriciate that you discussed it. Any aspect of Prevx Edge seems to be well-considered. That's good.

As I read your name... The website looks sophisticated and convincing, too. Even the design of the fille-description-pages has benn updated. Well done!

And eventually I agree with the others: Edge looks fine as it is.

 

No apology needed Thank you for your attention to detail!

 

keep trying different combos but damn, the one staple is Edge. Almost reminds of the old Avira days.

 

This is what I call today's anti-malware. It really whips the llama's ass!

 

LoL - I go way for few hours, and when I come back I see a discussion about the GUI and colour.

It is moot for me as I have a red-green deficiency. I echo the words of djohn andThreedogi.e...leave well alone.

 

Ok while I was away I uninstalled prevx Edge to try prevx 2.0 but since the focus is edge I will stick with that.I reinstalled it and now I have version 172 what the hell happen.

 

I think there were some problems with Version 180 so they probably reverted to version 172 until they are addressed.

 

thanks threedog

 

I have a question regarding the scheduled scan option. Will enabling that option schedule scans using the settings that are defined in the advanced scan page, or does that use different settings?

 

don't even think about it! !!!


Mike

 

Hello,
Those settings only apply to the advanced scan page on that one instance. Scheduled scans and the normal 'Scan Now' button both use the Deep Scan.

We currently don't have a way to configure this but it is on the todo list

 

Thanks. That's what I wanted to know.

 

This is correct - we are working on a new version currently, but have temporarily reverted to 172.

You can expect a new version most likely by Monday at the latest.

 

Why, what's wrong with 180?

Cos I've just installed it and re-imaged my system.

Hmm....

- as long as prevx are better than their local 'professional' football team!

 

I'm in the same situation. I'm waiting for the new version.

 

We're in the process of a number of fixes related to system stability and loading protection on bootup. It's going to take a few more days, but once we finish all of these changes, things will be much more reliable moving forward

 

I've been reading this thread but I still don't understand how exactly Prevx Edge works. Does it still use behavioral blocking like in version 2? Or does it only use blacklisting with heuristics and whitelisting?

Thanks

 

I hope this helps

 

Am looking forward to the new release as I am experiencing a number of (random) occurrences when Prevx Edge indicates that real time monitoring is disabled. This can happen either on boot up of the PC or on occasion in the middle of a session...one minute the sys tray icon is green and the next it is red.

I use KIS 2009 (Build 506) as my primary security app so this may tie in with the other posts relating to issue with KAV 2009.

Nice product and I am definitively considering using it permanently, in conjunction with KIS.

 

When I start an application, I noticed pop-up's informing me that PrevxEdge is authenticating the various modules that are being loaded. I assume that these files are being checked against the community database and your white/blacklists. Exactly what information is being transmitted in order to check the files? If the file is completely unknown to you, do you take a copy of the whole file and analyse it?

Also, does Prevx offer any protection against keyloggers?

 

My understanding is that authentication takes place only once per file (unless it changes in the future) and there after Prevx Edge 'knows' whether to allow or block, etc.

 

I've been trying to read most of this thread so sorry if similar questions have been asked. I'm currently running KIS 2009 and SAS with real-time scanning. Which if any does this replace? I'm assuming I could at least dump SAS with this?

Also, I assume this is next to useless without a net connection as the definitions are on-line?

 

Yes, files are checked against the community database and black/white lists. All informations transmitted are only related to the executable itself, exe static infos and a signature we calculate over them.

If the file is unknown, then we also collect a number of behaviors the executable keep inside the system.

We need a copy of the whole file only if strictly necessary, that would mean if we don't understand anything about it by our automated collection informations.

Prevx is able to detect and remove keyloggers as well as rootkits,trojans and other kind of malware.

 

Thanks for your informative reply.

If the file is unknown then, you initially do not take a copy for analysis but you monitor it's behaviour on the system. Then I assume send the information gathered back to update your database. If you need the whole file because of insufficient information, do you just transmit it automatically? If I wrote an executable that you would never have come across before, would you take a copy of it?

I didn't relialise Prevx Edge would protect against keyloggers aswell. I couldn't find it mentioned on your web site. Probably missed it. Anyway, will have to see how it performs against AKLT.

 

In general I have only used KIS 2009 without any other real time scanning given that so far the potential for the real time scanning in KIS and the other application to conflict has been very real.

In response to you question I would say that Prevx Edge would replace SAS in terms of real time scanning but I would keep it for back up, on demand scanning (that is what I do).

Not sure about the online query but believe that not being online does not make Prevx Edge useless as it uses black & white lists, rather it may make it less effective as it cannot keep them updated. But perhaps the Man from Prevx can confirm/dispute that.