Webroot SecureAnywhere AV

Sadly you're right.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Webroot-Internet-Security-Essentials-2011/dp/B003SFYAWI

good price not for US i Think!

 

@chabbo
Nice price! Can be easily converted to WSA.

 

A good alternative for renewing my current license.

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£64,99

 

Today, I got my first BSOD in Windows 8 courtesy of WSA AntiVirus 2013. I have never been a fan of two active real time security programs working together. I am more than happy with the performance of Emsisoft at the moment.

Therefore, I have uninstalled WSA from my system. Is there any uninstall tool available for it? How does the built-in uninstaller work? Does it clean the registry thoroughly?

Thanks!

 

The built-in uninstaller will fully remove everything but it would be helpful to send us the dump so that we can identify the cause. If you could PM me a link to download it or write into our support inbox where they'll use our dump collection tool, I'd appreciate it!

 

well using it on Windows 8 and trying something different everyday, and yes it was Panda yesterday, I still know for me WSA works the best on windows 8.

Honestly, I have been hard on these folks off and on for a year but the reality is, they actually accomplished what they set out to do and the product works. WSA is a top notch security program and the reviews I now know are true. Yes, it approaches malware in a different method compared to traditional AVs, but it has been time way overdue for someone to do this.

WSA, actually may be the new wave of how products migrate in 2013 and 2014 if not to compete, but to actually stay alive. WSA may have just cornered the market, hmm, not cornered, but redefined, the way malware will be fought.

And the prices, I mean how can you not buy it and use it. AVs are way overpriced. This is a jewel.

 

Thank you!

 

Is WSA compatible with Norton 2012/2013?

Is WSA built on the Prevx 3 engine?

 

Yes.

It is built on the "Prevx 4" engine which was a rewrite over P3 but still contained everything from it and much more.

 

I have PrevX on my wife's laptop. Because of the read 4GB SSD-it got, so WSA is the lightest AV on that laptop(even disabled local data base, for less harddisk writes). Only got one point of critism. Now WSA sets untrusted processes to trusted after some time of usage when central servers think it is safe to do so.

I like to define the untrusted processes myself (is possible now). With the limitations put on untrusted processes by WSA, I really don't care how click happy the user of a PC is. I am not using that PC, so for my peace of mind: where is the "keep untrusted" option?



Side note:

A friend of mine works as security researcher for a large banking corporation. Disassembling and reverse engineering malware is also his hobby. Before I choose for PrevX4 it was tested against real life examples gathered from his honeypots. PrevX4 pre-beta had consequent high proctection scores against fresh samples. Other cloud based AV's were no match, only two traditional AV's could keep up with this pre-beta (in terms of fresh malware/real life protection)

 

Just couldn't agree more.

 

If you mark it as Untrusted after the cloud has marked it as trusted, it should remain there. I've tried it myself and it's still untrusted after a reboot so I suspect that will work moving forward. Let me know your results

 

I know I have reset all internet facings aps to untrusted on wife's laptop three weeks ago. Will have a look. Since when should this be implemented?

By the way I am not testing with fresh samples anymore since the PrevX4 pre-release went closed beta (results of
pre-beta were so good I put on my wife's laptop )

thanks anyway

 

It should have been in there for quite a while (a few months). Feel free to PM me a link to a scan log to investigate closer if you like

 

Very strange, I think it would be worth contacting Symantec to see what they say their reasoning is for that.

 

The fact that your support (e.g. PrevxHelp) is still top-notch makes me consider to buy a license my next payout - I always support companies who give their customers bang for their buck.

 

Long time no see, raven211 I hope all's well!

 

Do you have an overview of the limitations put on untrusted processes?

 

Sure is. I've just not seen a reason to have a more complex setup than an AV and hardware FW for some time, but came back for some inspiration.

 

Kees, can you share with us your settings in heuristics please. thanks

 

@PrevXhelp
When using password protection the changes to process control do not stick, when using default captcha it sticks



@Jeff
See pic. new user interface requires less tweaks to the settings (your critism on complexity of initial PrevX4 user interface has contributed to more intelligence in default settings in WSA and more straight forward user interface, well done Jeff and PevX help )

 

The WSA tweak (resource usage one down) is due to hybrid disk (SSD read cache, normal HDD write storage). On my own PC I do not use an AV, so I like the extremely low CPU usage, see pic

So when you have don't have a SSD or Hybrid, keep resource usage on default.

 

@Kees1958

You've convinced me... trialing Webroot SecureAnywhere AV 2013 .