App Review Emsisoft Internet Security 12 Review

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How long should my AV Test videos be?

  • 20+ Minutes

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • 15 Minutes

    Votes: 21 40.4%
  • 10 Minutes

    Votes: 10 19.2%
  • Less than 10 Minutes if possible

    Votes: 20 38.5%

  • Total voters
    52
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Wave

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@ Wave: try to install it with Windows firewall off, see if it works.
I believe I've done this before, since I've used both Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Emsisoft Internet Security on my host system before at some point back in 2015; at that point I was not using Windows Defender. Maybe I just remember wrong. I will do some tests sometime this week on it and let you know.
 

_CyberGhosT_

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You don't have the right answer up there in that poll.
The answer should be "as long as it takes to perform the test"
If viewers complain about the length of the review, tell them
to go watch something else.
The quality of the test matters far more to me than the length,
and it should be thus for you as a tester as well ;)
 

adnage19

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You don't have the right answer up there in that poll.
The answer should be "as long as it takes to perform the test"
If viewers complain about the length of the review, tell them
to go watch something else.
The quality of the test matters far more to me than the length,
and it should be thus for you as a tester as well ;)
Amen! There is nothing wrong with long videos.
 
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MalwareBlockerYT

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I just had a little bit of time to watch the whole video. Very good review indeed and quite informative. good job :cool:

next time, if you can find 4-5 fresh ransomwares and put them to your test, it would be more fun. just my though ;)
Thanks :) I will be doing future ransomware tests if I have time within the video - I don't want the reviews to take over 20 minutes...

Nice review. I think you sum it up nicely!
Thanks!

You don't have the right answer up there in that poll.
The answer should be "as long as it takes to perform the test"
If viewers complain about the length of the review, tell them
to go watch something else.
The quality of the test matters far more to me than the length,
and it should be thus for you as a tester as well ;)
You make a very good point. However, I cannot simply tell my viewers to stop watching like that because my viewers will probably just leave me & watch other testers. I agree that quality matter more than the length but if I can be concise as well as make quality videos then it's better for everyone & no one can complain!

Amen! There is nothing wrong with long videos.
I agree but lots of people prefer shorter tests...
 

SHvFl

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I believe I've done this before, since I've used both Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Emsisoft Internet Security on my host system before at some point back in 2015; at that point I was not using Windows Defender. Maybe I just remember wrong. I will do some tests sometime this week on it and let you know.
No need to test. It's not depended on windows firewall and actually disables it.
 

adnage19

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A new video will be up in the next 30 mins & please do tell me what you think :) I'm trying a few new things out...
Maybe it will be helpful for the next tests - when it comes to proactive test (running undetected samples) - you could scan undetected files with Zemana, HitmanPro and Emsisoft EK and you can choose for the test only samples that were detected by these 3 scanners. Just to make sure that you are not running FP's.
 
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MalwareBlockerYT

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Maybe it will be helpful for the next tests - when it comes to proactive test (running undetected samples) - you could scan undetected files with Zemana, HitmanPro and Emsisoft EK and you can choose for the test only samples that were detected by these 3 scanners. Just to make sure that you are not running FP's.
This is a possibility but I got criticised before for actually bothering to do the second opinion scanners before a reboot.
 

adnage19

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This is a possibility but I got criticised before for actually bothering to do the second opinion scanners before a reboot.
Hmm, are you sure? I mean, there is nothing wrong with that. First, you make a scan with the tested software, you delete detected files. And then you make scan of undetected files with HitmanPro, Zemana and EEK, you DON'T delete detected files, you just look at detected files and you copy them to other folder. And these samples you will run to test proactive protection.
 
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Wave

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Hmm, are you sure? I mean, there is nothing wrong with that. First, you make a scan with the tested software, you delete detected files. And then you make scan of undetected files with HitmanPro, Zemana and EEK, you DON'T delete detected files, you just look at detected files and you copy them to other folder. And these samples you will run to test proactive protection.
No, there is a problem with this, actually.

Some security software will mark some detection's for removal on reboot, therefore if you run the on-demand scans before the reboot it may flag samples which have already been detected (and marked for removal on the reboot), which will make the main product being testing look like it has performed worse than it actually has.
 

adnage19

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No, there is a problem with this, actually.

Some security software will mark some detection's for removal on reboot, therefore if you run the on-demand scans before the reboot it may flag samples which have already been detected (and marked for removal on the reboot), which will make the main product being testing look like it has performed worse than it actually has.
So let's just make reboot before the scan, easy :p
 

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