Prevx as standalone av enough?

Not a Defensewall user myself but a longtime Prevx user. Do a search and you will find numerous posts on Defensewall giving it 2 thumbs up and useful posts for configuring it. As an addition here is a great deal posted here for May 15th, Defensewall at 50% off: http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/defensewall-personal-firewall/ cheers...

 

only started recently, but im using it with winpatrol plus. i have mbam and hitman pro as stand alones.
and im loving the speed of my pc. i have however had 1 false positive, something i havnt seen for a while. it was my msi flash tool for bios.
apart from that very happy, it's passed all my usual tests.
and i have never seen a leaner solution.
i also back up to an external hdd.

 

i have had 2 FP's with Prevx. I received an email within a minute or so from them alerting me. I sent the FP's in for evaluation and they were fixed in no time at all. Prevx Customer Support has been among the best from my experience...

 

Prevx as standalone av enough?

Simple answer, no of course not

But it depends entirely on what tries to come in, and how. If a user allows actions that enable a nasty to get in and Prevx doesn't know about it, then anything might happen.

As PrevxHelp even says in Post 9 https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=271432

I've had a few FP's with Prevx, and a number of failed malware detections. But i believe that they are very serious about constantly improving, and support is very good too.

If you go with something like DefenseWall as well that you are looking at, then that significantly raises the bar against infections etc

 

Thanks Mongol

Indeed! I have looked in the Prevx forum and all posts seem to get a quick response from the support team. That is what had caught my attention. Unlike my past experience with my old av vendor. Their forum was a ghost town. Lets just say I learned my lesson!

 

Your welcome, I am thinking about the deal myself...

 

I personally wouldn't run Prevx as a standalone AV, unless coupled with something strong like DW, and even then I'd be hesitant.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was designed to compliment an AV (not serve as one).

Off-topic: The deal on DW is a good one, if I were running 32-bit I wouldn't pass it up.

 

I'd happily use it on its own. On the rare occasion when something goes wrong, you can either restore your system back to an earlier snapshot or contact prevx for removal.

It used to be used in-conjunction with other AVs, but with the new version, stand-alone is fine.

 

Yes Prevx would be enough on it's own but I use it with NOD32 ATM but when NOD32 runs out late next year I will use Prevx alone but I always will have, MBAM, SAS & Hitman Pro to do On-Demand scans only! And if I want to do some testing of apps or malware I use a VM with Shadow Defender on! Have a look at this link: http://www.prevx.com/certification.asp

Also if you do get infected with any malware they Guarantee cleanup! No other AV solution offers this at no extra charge!!

TH

 

No offense, but what are you guys judging this on?
If Prevx is truly able to stand on its own then perhaps it's time to enter AV-C..

 

You'll notice a lot of talk of security programs on here, but rarely you'll see users complain a problem file got through.

Plenty of youtube videos, independent testers, and your own opinion to form that judgement. Say a test says XYZ is the best product, but I still get infected this week while using that product, who do I blame?

Since seeing it on here for the past couple of years, I've found it to remove some difficult malware. Even recently, on another forum, a user tried several programs, their system was compromised, I recommended they try prevx and problem solved.

All depends on how safe you feel while using it.

 

Perhaps they use THIS classic analytical device.

 

This was discussed a while back. I believe the only problem with AV-C testing them is the fact that they are cloud based, no program with guard and signatures are on board...

 

That Parker-Kenner set for 65 bucks looks pretty tempting...

 

And all depends on the user. Can't stop a user who wants to persistently ignore warnings and run a program right?

 

Is Prevx as standalone AV enough?
Yes and no.
I rely on it and have a high opinion of it, but if I thought it was good enough on its own, I guess I wouldn't be running other resident protection.
I love having Prevx there in case avast shields are disabled or something is corrupted or like not too long ago, avast had some kind of wicked false positive that was hosing people's systems (depending on how they had their programs configured). When that little drama was happening, I felt 100% safe with Prevx while I shut avast down until the dust settled.
Fact is, though, if I felt that good about those two, then why am I running GeSWall?

Layers, is the quickest answer to that.
I try to put together a collection of protections that work well together and don't overlap too much.
Prevx, with its cloud technology and support and clean-up capabilities, is a very significant component.
But in honesty, over an extended period of time, I would always want an AV alongside it.

 

The upcoming Prevx 4 will make using Prevx as stand alone even more of a consideration with its local cache of signatures, similar to Panda cloud etc...

 

AV-C tests McAfee with its Artemis cloud technology, for example, why couldn't they test Prevx?
Just curious.

 

Here is some info for your Question: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=270116

TH

 

Thanks for the link, but it just looks like yet another vendor with yet another excuse to steer clear of AV-C (Emsisoft because of money, COMODO because Melih disagrees with blah blah).
If it's good enough for Avira, avast!, Norton, Kaspersky, Panda, etc, etc, etc...
Anyway, my point is they could be tested by AV-C, they just choose not to be.

 

I guess anything we say doesn't matter because you have your mind made up already! I was just trying to answer your Question!

Regards,

TH

 

That's the impression I got as well, TH.

 

I do appreciate the replies to my questions/comments.
I own a Prevx license and would gladly run it on one of my other PCs if I were convinced it could be run as a standalone AV.
My netbook comes to mind as Prevx is so light.
At this time though you guys are right though, I'm a little less than convinced.
I suppose I was looking for a little convincing.
The fact that you guys are confident in it does mean something to me.. plenty of people around here with a lot more knowledge than I.

 

You can tweak the Heuristics part of PrevX in the settings to only allow programs seen by the PrevX community. This cloud based white list will prevent PUAs to installs.

 

Kees, how do you do that. thank you