Twister Antivirus

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  1. Kielty

    Kielty Registered Member

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    Totally agree, that would be my main concern before purchasing. A company who has a business model such as this would worry me...
     
  2. Badcompany

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    Hello Forum,
    Installed Twister AV two hrs ago no problems.Added twister to the trusted zone in OA paid, and them completed a full scan no FB problems.It runs very light.Everything at default settings.
    Badcompany.
     
  3. tbay2athome

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    A similar thought had crossed my mind but IF this company is pitching itself to a growing consumer society in China AND perhaps is thinking of marketing itself to the rest of the world more aggressively than it has in the past, then it has a huge potential for growth and income. Under such a scenario their revenues might far exceed what they need to maintain this product and could be channeled into other revenue generating activities which could help sustain this product even if sales slow down. Of course I'm speculating here, but I don't think this scenario is too far fetched.
     
  4. Saraceno

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    Badcompany, how light is it running with Online Armor? I'm waiting for the Vista release of OA which is due shortly.
     
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  5. Fuzzfas

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    Also their license model COULD change, once they penetrate more in the market. If my memory doesn't deceive me, wasn't Agnitum initially giving lifetime licences for Outpost Firewall and after becoming more known in the market started giving 1 and 2 year licenses only?
     
  6. Badcompany

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    Hi Saraceno,
    It is running very light with OA, it's the same as Drweb and Kaspersky on my computer. Windows does definitely, close down quicker. No FB with on-demand or scheduled scan. ( Complete Scan.)
    Badcompany.
     
  7. Coolio10

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    So it has the lightness of nod32/drweb, the detection of avira, the extra protections and features of kaspersky?

    What is it missing?
     
  8. JasSolo

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    It have no mail AV module.


    Cheers
     
  9. subset

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    - As said, no Mail AV and no other modules like Web AV, p2p AV or whatever.
    But some may looking for a "Disc AV" only for some reasons.
    - Some have BSODs and no clue why. :blink:
    - No support forum in sight. :doubt:
    - Average packer support.
    But its Dynamic Defense System seems to be effective with packed malware.
    - I had a problem with sheer endless scanning of an archive (cab file).

    That's all I found out so far, but if someone prefers a light on-demand and on-access scanner with a seemingly very high detection rate and useful features like Dynamic Defense System (behavior blocker?), Registry Protector or Registry Fix Tools it is a strong candidate.

    Cheers
     
  10. Saraceno

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    Thanks for the reply badcompany.

    I think all products will suffer a small number of conflicts/BSODs, as it seems to be common on forums of any software product. Hopefully it is a small number who experience this and hopefully a support forum does evolve with more people using the product.

    With regards to web scanning, if the EICAR test files are quarantined before the download commences, does that mean the product is an active http/web scanner?

    Some others will only alert once the test file is downloaded and then accessed.
     
  11. cruelsister

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    I can't quite understand why people could deride this company for offering their product for $30.

    Assuming that Twister is really as good as it seems to me (need data form a larger study than has been performed currently), 30USD even for 1 year is a bargain compared to ESET or Kaspersky, and is on par with Avira.

    But as far as the lifetime license is concerned, after reading the offer details, the buyer will have an unambiguous contract for this AV product. Anything other than Filseclab's removing itself from the AV product line totally and completely (this would include a Suite) will constitute a contractual breach.

    Now on the other hand, Filseclab may be dedicating itself to producing the highest quality product in an already multi-billion dollar market. Gaining a good chunk of this market by means of a one times payment or via residuals is really trivial to a company with little international exposure. There's tons of cash to be made either way.

    Personally I took them at their word and purchased the product.

    I think it's a bargain.
     
  12. Fuzzfas

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    Actually, for the first time in years, i am actually thinking of buying it too. In euros the price is about 20something, when if you go to PC shops, you can't get most of the "famous" Avs for less than 50 or 60.

    And the "lifetime" licence is tempting. Even if it was to last for a year or two, it would still be a bargain. The main advantage for me, being its lightness. I don't believe in AVs much, so if i have to use one, i prefer a non bloated one.
     
  13. cruelsister

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    And the company has been around for a while (I remember using their firewall for a time many years back). So unless someone has inside info there isn't a reason to conclude that Filseclab will go out of business, leading me back to the bargain status of their fine AV product.

    The one thing I disagree with is the recent trend that to do away with an AV/antimalware product is a good idea. Read any IT Security website and you'll see story after story of large Corporations' legitimate websites being hijacked in order to serve up malware.

    Avoiding Porn/Warez sites will certainly reduce one's malware risk, but in the current environment thinking that it will eliminate risk is in my opinion naive in the extreme.
     
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  14. sukarof

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    Falling for the buzz again I decided to try this AV. I´ve been using Avira free for a couple of weeks (and I have tried it before) but I know realize that their plan on making people buy the pro version is to use extremely slow update servers. So it is pleasant that twister just popped up from nowhere. Installed fine on Vista. I like the generous 90 day trial. It is quiet but I have the option to get it to be noisy if I want. It foud the samples I had tucked away in zip archives easily so it is capable.
    So far so good.

    I dont have this fear of Chinese products as some have (right now using Rising Firewall and Twister), until something bad is proven the chinese software is as good as anything else, even better and more fresh sometimes, I notice that twister has som nice features I have not seen in the av´s Ive used before.
     
  15. dogma

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    Does this work on LUA?

    There is a pop-up, saying that it needs admin privalages, each time you try and run twister and at startup
     
  16. Badcompany

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    Hi dogma,
    I hadn't notice than,Looks like you have to be logged in as admin.No problem for me, I use Firefox and OA runsafe, no problems.
    Badcompany.
     
  17. rolarocka

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    How about uninstall? Does it make a good clean uninstall?
     
  18. wildvirus88

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    Any product can get BSOD for some users...
    No forum support yet but e-mail support is very good and all of my questions were replied in less than 24 hours.
    No mail scan module but if the AV scan reading/writing data it's not too important...

    For people that are saying that we can't trust because the "lifetime license" I think it's only prejudice and it can't be used as reason to depreciate the software...

    It's a very good AV and a bargain for this price...
     
  19. HyperFlow

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    I agree 100% this AV is very good and as soon as my 3 month's is up i will buy it with no problem :D
     
  20. Fuzzfas

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    Yes and this was yet another reason that tempted me to buy it. For someone who used to install AVG without mail scanner and Avast with only standard shield, this is like music for my ears! I ordered a license. It's now being processed. Hopefully, by tomorrow i will have my license.
     
  21. dogma

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    Shame; I wanted it on our desktop that has 5 LUAs. And I always run in a LUA.
     
  22. subset

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    I posted it already in this thread
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1240111&postcount=39

    Twister catches the temporary download file on the disc, with an web scanner it would point at somewhat like hxxp://www.eicar.xxx/download/eicar.xxx

    Cheers
     
  23. Fuzzfas

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    I uninstalled it before inserting my new license, very troublefree. It didn't even ask for a reboot!

    Anyway, here i am! Isn't it nice when you read unlimited!? Heck for a bit less than 25 euros, i don't mind if they close their company in 2 years from now!

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  24. Fuzzfas

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    Oh, just FYI, the only "bad" thing i have found till now, is that it slows down defragmentation of Auslogics Disk Defrag. Why? Because apparently you do system scan at the same time! I was defragging and it poped up to say that Abiword was a virus while the file was being processed by Auslogics!

    Degragging and virus scanning at once! :cool:


    EDIT: An advice to other potential customers via shareit. When you buy, do make a shareit account and remember your password for their site. In my case, they haven't mailed me the license key (yet?). But, they send you a notification mail once you have ordered, in which they also have a link to your account login. And once you put your userID (the email address) and your password, if the money was paid, you will see "payment received" and below your license Key to Twister. Maybe they will email me the key too later, but just in case, don't delete the mail they send you and DO make a shareit account when asked during the purchase procedure.
     
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  25. Fuzzfas

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    Just an update of my previous post. Shareit finally did send me the license key via email too, it just didn't do it immediately ( i had it already 6 hours earlier from the shareit website's account).
    So no problems.

    BTW, it requires online registration (activation).You put your name,mail and key to a form that the AV provides and it sends it to Filseclab. I loathe online activations, didn't know about it, but still, the deal was too good for me and after all, AVs do connect to the internet to update definitions, so i guess i can live with it.

    I still can't believe how light this thing is! :D
     
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