App Review AVAST One vs Windows Defender

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Miravi said:
I continually see evidence of praiseworthy protection from Avast, but I would have more appreciation for Avast (and the new Norton) if their own multibillion-dollar company didn't push so hard to be a loud "everything" app. This is one of the continuing appeals of Microsoft Defender: it's simple and unobtrusive, which is the reason it's still one of a small selection of antiviruses I'd consider using today, also taking into account the broadly satisfactory detection rate.

A reliable antivirus is only one layer of defense to keep in mind.
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I actually found myself going to the BD website to check on the AV Plus prices last night, as I agree with you regarding some of these over bloated AV's including all the panels that aren't enabled but can be, with their free version(s). But, I still like the features and accessibility of a 3rd party AV better than Microsoft.
 
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Just to let you know guys I have began working on a website that makes managing Defender settings easy.

You will choose your configurations (well explained), it will generate a bunch of stuff that needs to be pasted on PowerShell and that's it.

In addition, firewall rules and other stuff will be supplied.

Not sure how interested you will be but I am doing it anyway
:)
 
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I've used both, I like both, I'm currently Using AVG free (basically the same thing) over MD for the pure fact that on my machine that when running any kind of scan and a game running at the same time MD causes glitching and slow down in any game that I play (ive played around with how much memory usage it uses during scanning and none help) and AVG doesn't cause this issue.
 
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I am excited to show you my project guys

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simmerskool said:
is the online website you mentioned the other day up and running yet...
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hea-p.com is up and running, based on cloudflare so it is quite snappy. This and the HEAT (Hawk Eye Analysis Tool) will soon go on win.hea-p.com (the dns is configured, just the code needs to be uploaded on cloudflare or github (also supported)
 
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Jonny Quest said:
Thank you @Trident as those are the kind of illustrations and explanations I personally would need and find helpful :) :)

Since you mentioned using PowerShell, how would you reset Windows Defender to default if needed?
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The configuration is like a matrix, PowerShell execution is not blocked from execution, it is blocked from connecting to the network. There are various ASR rules that prevent weird scripts execution as well.

To restore, go back to the website and there is revert to default button.
The entire config will be reapplied.

But all features are carefully chosen to harden without overdoing it.
 
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Honestly MS has actually done a decent job with WD, it's not going to beat Avast due to the in built protections in AV tests but it's still dammm good.

Improvement because enterprise licensing of WD? Probably so. Money does make developers improve software quickly!

Remember on W7 when it was first released? Stand alone .EXE. Now it's intergrated, no issues with hardware and the only problem is when it flags a non malware as malware.

Pretty good MS, you've done something right!
 
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Zero Knowledge said:
Honestly MS has actually done a decent job with WD, it's not going to beat Avast due to the in built protections in AV tests but it's still dammm good.

Improvement because enterprise licensing of WD? Probably so. Money does make developers improve software quickly!

Remember on W7 when it was first released? Stand alone .EXE. Now it's intergrated, no issues with hardware and the only problem is when it flags a non malware as malware.

Pretty good MS, you've done something right!
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And just for a little bit of nostalgia :) My offline PC that still runs great for some of my favorite installed programs.

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Jonny Quest said:
Trident did an amazing job with this site, it would be well worth it to check it out, but you all know it's going to be top notch from him :)
Even includes a "lets start over option" =s Re-run Wizard :)
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Thank you! 😌

I haven't had the chance to run the script as I am doing all that on Mac, will test tomorrow. For now it is a preview.
 
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Parkinsond said:
Avast free (regular version) is better; Avast One lacks:
1. Strict mode of Hardened mode
2. Cybercapture
3. Ask mode and advanced configurations of firewall
4. Dark mode
5. Customizability
6. Efficient use of RAM and, to lesser extent, CPU
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Avast One doesn't have Hardened Mode? That's weird... I thought it was supposed to be the best version, and that the traditional version was going to be discontinued.
 
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Parkinsond said:
Avast free (regular version) is better; Avast One lacks:
1. Strict mode of Hardened mode
2. Cybercapture
3. Ask mode and advanced configurations of firewall
4. Dark mode
5. Customizability
6. Efficient use of RAM and, to lesser extent, CPU
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Avast One is also missing the sandbox found in Premium Security, IIRC. That's one feature I remember drawing respect from me when it was originally added back in 2010. It's hard to believe it's been that long.
 
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