Advice Request Dr. Web Security Space - is it good choice of AV in 2020?

[Chausko]

Hello,

what do you think about Dr. Web? I like it. Is it better than Eset or F-Secure?

Thanks.

 

[Freud2004]

Hello,

what do you think about Dr. Web? I like it. Is it better than Eset or F-Secure?

Thanks.

In my opinion Eset or F-secure are more reliable solution than Dr. WEB, I will not putt my money in Dr. Web over the other two.

 

[Antus67]

I have to agree with Freud I have F-secure security suite on my laptop provided by my ISP also a license for Dr. Web however my choice is F-secure.

 

[upnorth]

Dr.Web, is for many that regular watch and overview VT ( virus total ) a product that catch a huge amount of samples early. The signatures is one of it's strengths, but also one of it's weakness because if it don't have other powerful and capable enough modules/features, it's a higher risk of bypass and infection. It's web protection ( phishing sites ) has previous been reported as something that needs improvement.

I checked in the Hub for any statistic reports on Dr.Web, but couldn't find any. The latest test I found is from 2017 that was pretty positive, but was also set to " Paranoid Mode ".

What does “Paranoid mode” mean? — Dr.Web — innovative anti-virus technologies. Comprehensive protection from Internet threats.

Doctor Web is a Russian IT-security solutions vendor developing Dr.Web anti-virus for businesses and personal use, as well as anti-virus as a service since 1992.

support.drweb.com

It does exist a few Youtube tests, but those are a bit old by now. Here's one from 24th of May this year ( 2020 ) :

 

[Eldyk307lela]

It is an excellent antivirus..It has not played well the marketing game hence is kind of behind on the books..Its technology is amazing...Better than Kaspersky ones but lacks in size but still it is pretty impressive!

 

[Andrew3000]

No, it's not worth it to spend money on a mediocre antivirus.
It often happens that malware is not recognized by signatures and the PC is infected because it has almost no behavioural protection.

Between ESET and F-Secure
I would tell you to choose F-Secure first and then ESET.

 

[alicCc]

This software uses my own engine or does it use other software companies?

 

[Kongo]

This software uses my own engine or does it use other software companies?

Own engine.

 

[Harputlu]

the dr web antivirus engine has a successful signature.his protection is also good. personally, I like it