Battle F-Secure SAFE vs. Dr.Web Security Space

[Like a Western!]

Hi guys.

i want to choose only between F-Seure and Dr.Web so please do not suggest any security software else
most important for me?
Customer support.
behavior blocker ( their power against zero days.. )

thats it. nothing else

and to add a plus here:
+ something i don't like at F-Secure comapny, is that they have not 24/7 support, but DrWeb have, also 24/7 phone support so we can call in urgents..

well i hope you help me to have a right choice

Regards,Parham

 

[Parsh]

I think FPs originate from DeepGuard not knowing about files - it blocks rare files. I think it may be because F-Secure is not so widely used (in 10's of millions of PCs). Thus it may not have large file database... I don't know.

That's why they have offered 6 months of Multidevice protection free, to get more prospect samples of more users, and also some trust.
These upcoming samples from different OS of the new users should eventually improve their file rating over months and also help in gathering software reputation across the world.

In Malware Hub tests, it does block some of them, not all. But I can not understand it letting some 0-days run because "these files are known to the cloud"...
Must be something else (like with Avast CyberCapture - it fails to capture from time to time).

This one is perplexing yet disappointing. Hope they set things right and train their product well in the coming year.
They seem to have an awesome team researching on advanced malware analysis. I'd observed the Quora QA session of Mikko Hypponen, CRO at F-Secure. Good luck to them.

 

[Like a Western!]

in fact i trust to DrWeb in keeping my digital world secure.

my goal about start this poll was that to find out what is the opinions about DrWeb,
as i expect most of MT users, didnt try it or if they did, it was about 3-4 years ago...

but good descisions happened

 

[omidomi]

DeepGuard is promising. It's not that aggressive as Emsisoft one perhaps, but it's good.
DB signatures are OK. I think FPs originate from DeepGuard not knowing about files - it blocks rare files. I think it may be because F-Secure is not so widely used (in 10's of millions of PCs). Thus it may not have large file database... I don't know.

I do hope they will block rare files more frequently tho. In Malware Hub tests, it does block some of them, not all. But I can not understand it letting some 0-days run because "these files are known to the cloud"...
Must be something else (like with Avast CyberCapture - it fails to capture from time to time).

Because when you take samples from the HUB, they are pretty rare pieces of malware so they all should be "Rare application" by DeepGuard definition.

wow thanks for inform about it

 

[omidomi]

in fact i trust to DrWeb in keeping my digital world secure.

my goal about start this poll was that to find out what is the opinions about DrWeb,
as i expect most of MT users, didnt try it or if they did, it was about 3-4 years ago...

but good descisions happened

do't eat g*h

 

[Like a Western!]

do't eat g*h

you eat az kune man

 

[ForgottenSeer 55778]

If you want an opinion on one software only, kindly post it in the designated software's location on Software Discussion, especially if you didn't really care about F-Secure.

I did try Dr. Web, and found it to be less protective than leading antiviruses.



https://malwaretips.com/threads/13-01-2016-22.67512/ (a recent test with many samples in the malware hub, F-Secure is at the bottom of the page, listed as FS). F-Secure did well, along with Kaspersky, Avast Hardened, etc.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55778]

Sorry if I came off as a bit snarky. My wife was yelling at me...we know what that's like.

I believe that F-Secure has one of the best, albeit slightly sensitive, behavioral blocker.

Here is a F-Secure video from the same tester.



Much better result, no?

 

[BugCode]

Suomi! Mikkö Hyppönen. F-Secure, i give me my vote. I have tested dr.web also, but i dunno they are both specific sections better than other, so its up to user benefits. Just because SUOMI i suggest F-secure. I have beeing beta tester couple of years in the past and of course it has been up and down, but never being complete failure. Sorry but just my home VM i have tested some creepy malwares in dr.web and result it was so good, part of them fresh like straight in the oven.

And yes they have good support

 

[gery79]

f-secure all the way

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello,I use Dr. Web Security Space(lifetime)subscription for my HTC Nexus 9 running Android 7.1.1. and I have not had any infections that I could not handle with D.W. or Malwarebytes.

 

[amico81]

used F-Secure over 2 year on my old laptop....light, fast web surfing and no adds or popups.
Great BB and cannot confirm some F/P in tests of AV-Comparatives.

No infections with this AV in the past.

 

[LASER_oneXM]

i started using F-Secure about 4 years ago. I decided to use this AV because of many positive test results/opinions.
Had no problems so far with malware attacks or infections. F-Secure is running on all my machines (3 laptops). I decided to renew all
my licences some weeks ago for another 2 years.

 

[idaho]

F-Secure use Bitdefender, is lighter and more user friendly in my opinion. Dr. Web has good detection, full firewall and own scanning engine. Is hard to say, what is better, I have Emsisoft and working great for me.

 

[omidomi]

wow It seems F-Secure is more popular

 

[Like a Western!]

New wow It seems F-Secure is more popular

ESET almost is most popular )) doesn't mean that its greatest Av

 

[omidomi]

ESET almost is most popular )) doesn't mean that its greatest Av

no one said the popular AVs are the best one

 

[insanity]

in fact i trust to DrWeb in keeping my digital world secure.

I think it is common sense here at MT that F-Secure is a more solid and probably more mature solution than Dr. Web. But again, it's always up to the user to make the choice based on their own preferences; if you prefer to use Dr. Web there's no problem at all. At the end of the day, I would say 70% of computer safety relies on the user (Brain.exe); detection rates vary considerably between solutions and maybe certain malware could be caught by Dr. Web and missed by F-Secure but... who knows? It's always uncertain until you are faced with a real threat

 

[Rodney74]

Lately I decided to do offline scans. So I went to my local office store and bought the "FixMeStick". You boot with it and it scans your PC.

This is suppose to be the best way, as no files can subdue the "Stick" and also no files are in use.

I had previously ran, Avast, Hitman Pro, and Zemana which are installed as on demand scanners. They had found nothing.

The "FixMeStick" found several on C:

But to my shock, Dr.Web Boot stick (I made myself, with Dr. Web Iso file and a utility named "UltraIso", found even more, the most of all the other combined.

Now The suite you can buy from Dr. Web is good, I bought it last year, but it slowed my PC way down.

F-Secure, I don't think will find as much as Dr.Web, but F-Secure was very fast on my PC.

Hope this helps.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

@Mr.Pr
If your looking for Dr. Webb fans I think they have a website
You don't seen too interested in your own poll.
Sorry for that.
I have "recently tried Dr. Webb and still prefer F-Secure.
I think for me it is more than just reputation.
F-Secure easily out scores Dr. Webb, and resource usage varies
like day and night between the two, I will let you guess which is the highest
and lowest of the two. Just honesty my brother.

 

[Like a Western!]

If your looking for Dr. Webb fans I think they have a website

Thanks for your reply,

but why should i looking for DrWeb fans?
i am active in their forum by the way.

F-Secure easily out scores Dr. Webb, and resource usage varies

maybe just in resource usage

i created this poll because i wanted to know that whats the other opinions about DrWeb and F-Secure, and i got my answer