1. Ad-blocker for the web-browser (or use MVPS) + HTTPSEverywhere (extension - helps force HTTPS and this helps keep the info you submit to websites secured)
@Wave, how would you compare that to Hitmanpro.Alert?
HitmanPro.Alert includes exploit mitigation (protection against exploits, e.g. BadUSB) and also includes protection features such as ransomware protection. The official website provides a lot of information: Hitman Pro Alert: Real Time Malware Scanner, Anti-Exploit Tool | HitmanPro.Alert Download
emsisoft internet security is still verry buggy so its best to buy emsi anti malware instead
You really can't compare them in my opinion. They offer protection using different methods.
We can compare them regardless of the methods they use, both Emsisoft Behaviour Blocker/Kaspersky Application Control and HitmanPro.Alert are very strong, no matter which one is used you will be well protected. However in terms of actual protection features, both Emsisofts' Behaviour Blocker and HitmanPro.Alert provide some form of ransomware/exploit protection.
OK i didn't think about the ransomware protection. Mostly when i think of HMPA i think of exploit protection.Reason i do that is mostly because i am stupid but meh.We can compare them regardless of the methods they use, both Emsisoft Behaviour Blocker/Kaspersky Application Control and HitmanPro.Alert are very strong, no matter which one is used you will be well protected. However in terms of actual protection features, both Emsisofts' Behaviour Blocker and HitmanPro.Alert provide some form of ransomware/exploit protection.
I assume HitmanPro.Alert identifies things browser manipulation by doing things such as searching for signs of API hooking on a list of functions which are commonly hooked by malware such as Zeus to steal login credentials (e.g. in Internet Explorer some malware may hook HttpSendRequestA/W) or attempts to identified unknown modules loaded in the browser process (as an example).
Whereas Emsisoft Anti-Malware will not do things like this (again, I "assume" HitmanPro.Alert identifies things like browser manipulations that way, I have not checked nor know if that is a fact or not), it will monitor the untrusted processes and attempt to identify when they are trying to add to startup, inject into external processes (process manipulation), and so on.
However, if I look at it with a different view, I have to agree with you about the comparison, because I think you are both right and wrong about comparing them. Emsisoft Anti-Malware Behaviour Blocker is designed much differently to HitmanPro.Alert to be fair to them, where HitmanPro.Alert aims mostly at exploit mitigation especially (it seems this way at least).
As a summary I am kind of biased between them being compared, since both Emsisoft BB and HitmanPro.Alert have some similarities (e.g. the ransomware protection).
PS: I'm no more of an expert than you are. And this is all just speculation/opinions really
If I were you I would take the results from the Malware Hub with a grain of salt and nothing more, even though people are now performing dynamic testing. There are so many samples out there and each product works differently, and just because a sample is missed in the Malware Hub doesn't necessarily make it a "bad" product because that same product that missed the sample may pickup samples that other vendors don't, and without manually checking, how do you know that the sample being tested is 100% malicious? For all you know, some vendors may have FP detection's. Every product will have a good and bad day... One product doing well in the Malware Hub may not do so well the next day with some different samples. There are so many samples being released into the wild on a regular basis that it's impossible to mark different products in an order of which ones are the best, therefore there are no "best" products, it's just recommended to use what works well for yourself.Kaspersky for me... malware hub proves everything
No I am not "right", that was just my view in my own opinion, you are also right at the same time and I do agree with what you said as well. That being said, when I think of HitmanPro.Alert, exploit protection also comes to my mind as the main goal of the product, so you are not alone with this.
just trying to understand how to do this. Tell me if this is right:
It's possible that Emsisoft Anti-Malware and HitmanPro.Alert may conflict, especially if you don't white-list both software in each product. However if anyone uses both in combination, let me know if it works well.
I would love to hear your test results. I am trying it out myself right now, and I don't see any alerts or other signs of conflict. But it's too early to tell.
