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Lucent Warrior
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A glimpse of Voodooshield at default settings other then my already whitelisted tools.
Most testers disable Smartscreen and uac to save time in their tests, i did not. I rarely see samples bypass smartscreen in windows 10 while testing, and i process many samples daily.It looked like most of the samples were initially blocked by Windows SmartScreen. That means these samples were not very sophisticated. I mean, if they cannot bypass SmartScreen, then you don't even need 3rd party protection for them, right?
the truth is, I am not trying to dis your excellent test, but rather, to ask a question about this whole type of testing.Most testers disable Smartscreen and uac to save time in their tests, i did not. I rarely see samples bypass smartscreen in windows 10 while testing, and i process many samples daily.
Remember that a lot of people dis-active Smarscreen (certainly for the telemetry part).the truth is, I am not trying to dis your excellent test, but rather, to ask a question about this whole type of testing.
I am not a tester myself, and I am probably missing some important information, but I just don't understand how testing malware samples that can anyways be stopped by Smartscreen and uac will show the efficacy of a 3rd party software solution.
From a general point of view, when a malware infects your PC, you can't know by advance if it will bypass or not Smartscreen (you must have or not a third party protection installed)It looked like most of the samples were initially blocked by Windows SmartScreen. That means these samples were not very sophisticated. I mean, if they cannot bypass SmartScreen, then you don't even need 3rd party protection for them, right?
but I just don't understand how testing malware samples that can anyways be stopped by Smartscreen and uac will show the efficacy of a 3rd party software solution.
1. they are not always caught by smartscreen, just most.the truth is, I am not trying to dis your excellent test, but rather, to ask a question about this whole type of testing.
I am not a tester myself, and I am probably missing some important information, but I just don't understand how testing malware samples that can anyways be stopped by Smartscreen and uac will show the efficacy of a 3rd party software solution.