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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 951246" data-attributes="member: 32260">Helping the people on other forums, I would like to recall that Defender with ConfigureDefender settings is already tested by professional AV Labs:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">MRG Effitas in 360 Degree Assessment &amp; Certification tests (ConfigureDefender MAX settings)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">AV-Comparatives in Business Security tests (Cloud Protection Level set to High, no ASR rules, WDBP extension installed in Chrome).</li>
</ol>In these tests, the AV business products (with ATP modules) are tested and most AVs have non-default (tweaked) settings. So, their protection is generally stronger as compared to the Home versions.MRG Effitas tests are made specifically for or Enterprises (include a special Fileless Malware test). So, the strength of ASR rules is tested, too. I made the cumulative results for several tests, here:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://malwaretips.com/threads/mrg-effitas-360-degree-assessment-certification-%E2%80%93-q3-2020.105823/post-920292[/URL]AV-Comparatives settings in these tests are similar to ConfigureDefender HIGH settings but with disabled ASR rules (HIGH settings are stronger, especially in Enterprises).&nbsp; I made the cumulative results for several tests, here:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://malwaretips.com/threads/business-security-test-2021-march-%E2%80%93-june.109127/post-951301[/URL]Edit1Changed the link to the recent scorings of AV-Comparatives Business Security tests.Edit2Simple conclusion.&nbsp; In AV-Comparatives tests, the protection of Defender on HIGH settings is comparable to KIS on default settings. I think, that a similar comparison is probably true in the daily life of Home users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 951246, member: 32260"] Helping the people on other forums, I would like to recall that Defender with ConfigureDefender settings is already tested by professional AV Labs: [LIST=1] [*]MRG Effitas in 360 Degree Assessment & Certification tests (ConfigureDefender MAX settings) [*]AV-Comparatives in Business Security tests (Cloud Protection Level set to High, no ASR rules, WDBP extension installed in Chrome). [/LIST] [B]In these tests, the AV business products (with ATP modules) are tested and most AVs have non-default (tweaked) settings. So, their protection is generally stronger as compared to the Home versions.[/B] MRG Effitas tests are made specifically for or Enterprises (include a special Fileless Malware test). So, the strength of ASR rules is tested, too. I made the cumulative results for several tests, here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/mrg-effitas-360-degree-assessment-certification-%E2%80%93-q3-2020.105823/post-920292[/URL] AV-Comparatives settings in these tests are similar to ConfigureDefender HIGH settings but with disabled ASR rules ([B]HIGH settings are stronger, especially in Enterprises[/B]). I made the cumulative results for several tests, here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/business-security-test-2021-march-%E2%80%93-june.109127/post-951301[/URL] Edit1 Changed the link to the recent scorings of AV-Comparatives Business Security tests. Edit2 [B]Simple conclusion. In AV-Comparatives tests, the protection of Defender on HIGH settings is comparable to KIS on default settings. I think, that a similar comparison is probably true in the daily life of Home users.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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