- Apr 13, 2013
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is X-Sec only an on-demand scanner? I'm willing to try it here if it's not real-time, (of course no video from me, perhaps just a comment) is it Chinese?Would definitely appreciate a similar test with X-Sec @cruelsister
X-Sec Antivirus
X-Sec Malware Scanner is a free antivirus software which can detect and remove malware effectively.www.xsecantivirus.com
It's a second opinion scanner and doesn't have real-time protection. It uses it's own cloud and heuristic engine and Rising Antivirus Engine + Rising Antivirus Cloud engine. I don't know any other scanner that uses Rising Engine except X-Sec. To be fair I don't really know where the developer is located but he is active on MalwareTips:is X-Sec only an on-demand scanner? I'm willing to try it here if it's not real-time, (of course no video from me, perhaps just a comment) is it Chinese?
I downloaded X-sec, this VM blocked it at every attempt to unzip, to run, etc, despite me removing security obstacles one by one by one... I finally gave up, and I'll leave X-sec to Shadowra.It's a second opinion scanner and doesn't have real-time protection. It uses it's own cloud and heuristic engine and Rising Antivirus Engine + Rising Antivirus Cloud engine. I don't know any other scanner that uses Rising Engine except X-Sec. To be fair I don't really know where the developer is located but he is active on MalwareTips:
@xywcloud
One big issue with Rising's engine is that is has major issues with false positives.It's a second opinion scanner and doesn't have real-time protection. It uses it's own cloud and heuristic engine and Rising Antivirus Engine + Rising Antivirus Cloud engine. I don't know any other scanner that uses Rising Engine except X-Sec. To be fair I don't really know where the developer is located but he is active on MalwareTips:
@xywcloud
I also had to add quite a few exclusions for Deep InstinctI downloaded X-sec, this VM blocked it at every attempt to unzip, to run, etc, despite me removing security obstacles one by one by one... I finally gave up, and I'll leave X-sec to Shadowra.
Yeah, I noticed that too.One big issue with Rising's engine is that is has major issues with false positives.
That combined with the slow scan speed makes it a no-go for me.One big issue with Rising's engine is that is has major issues with false positives.
I heard they improved detection of non-exe malwares in v5. We will see if they actually did it. Waiting for next testMB performs as it always has against malware in non-exe form. As they will be coming out with version 5 soon I'll withhold further comment as perhaps I'll dance with them on product release.
Oh yeah, there's a TON of False Positives.One big issue with Rising's engine is that is has major issues with false positives.
May I ask when it crashed? While removing the threats or beforehand?Regarding NPE, in the past although it was able to eradicate the actual Worms it left the Startup registry entries in place (not really a big deal, though). However when I tested it now it left the system totally clean (and I added an additional data stealer that persisted as a scheduled task).
Although both KVRT and NPE were excellent, K is more time consumptive to use as there are frequent new builds and after malware detection and removal a reboot is needed followed by a mandatory re-scan during which the system is unusable. NPE gives equal results but is much easier and faster, so it can be considered the Cat's Meow (optimal choice) for an occasional scan.
Sophos Scan and Clean/HMP is of very little value, and MB performs as it always has against malware in non-exe form. As they will be coming out with version 5 soon I'll withhold further comment as perhaps I'll dance with them on product release.
Finally Eset Online Scanner gave surprising results which may be discussed in a future video.
(Oh Yeah- I did try out X-sec. Not signed (not a good thing for a security app); as it crashed quickly (tried multiple times) I can't evaluate.
It just shut down ~5 seconds into the scan and was reproducible both on VM and production systems.May I ask when it crashed? While removing the threats or beforehand?