Serious Discussion Harmony Endpoint by Check Point

[Trident]

Just did a test with harmony extension with 250 open pish links and only 2 crypto wallet pishing links and one fake Microsoft fake call center weren't blocked

Settings can be tweaked to block these too.

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Settings can be tweaked to block these too.

i have set category blocking and unclassified .malicious script(can confirm unclassified is working as it blocked some unpopular sites as uncatagorized and category blocking is working well too but haven't found a way to test that malicious script is blocked )

Blocked Categories - Level: Custom​

Botnets	Critical Risk	High Risk
Phishing	Spam	Spyware / Malicious Sites

i can modify the settings via harmony browse trial (still have a few days and can create another if needed) as well but so far haven't seen an important setting missing for pishing detection that i cant enable in unmanaged clients is there anything missing ?

btw one of the none blocked sites(microsft fake call center ) didn't have a form so there was no way to activate zero phishing scanning for that specific site
anyway im going to probably purchase harmony in the future or zone alarm anyway as it seemed like it had low false positives even with cracks in my system (had many cracked software but zero false postives in zone alarm extreme)

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Settings can be tweaked to block these too.

btw i have done tests before with threat emulation and it didn't do very well with scripts (worked perfectly with documents as i use extraction with emulation so any malicious document i have tried was extracted and some detected by emulation too )

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Settings can be tweaked to block these too.

Sent the url with the blocked categories (urlf) and what checkpoint API saying including that it got 2 positives in virus total (safe browsing in brave blocks the site as well as eset I have on the system and other extensions like Symantec but unfortunately checkpoint didn't block it )



Not saying I'm not a checkpoint fanboy and that it isn't better then any other extension against pishing but it's obviously not perfect (had fake bank site and fake government in Artists Against 419 not blocked by checkpoint about a week ago with unclassified urlf blocking enabled but I can't send proof for those as one is blocked now and the other is offline)
But if you want I could send some unblocked sites in the future to show you that checkpoint although the best pishing extension and in my opinion by far over other extensions is still not perfect

urlf_blocked_cats": [
0,
31,
51000004,
51000005,
52000038,
55,
60530540,
65,
66,
67,
77
],

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Settings can be tweaked to block these too.

Anyway for the endpoint harmony (not just the extension)
You have said you got some nice polices
Any chance you send me the json of your light , optimized(secure) configs ?

 

[simmerskool]

anyway im going to probably purchase harmony in the future or zone alarm anyway as it seemed like it had low false positives even with cracks in my system (had many cracked software but zero false postives in zone alarm extreme)

imo you will be happier with Harmony than ZA (at based on my last usage of ZA a few months ago)

 

[Cosmic1764]

Is there any way to get Harmony without being a business? Would they allow you to obtain it?

 

[Xciting]

Is there any way to get Harmony without being a business? Would they allow you to obtain it?

Yes, through a reseller

 

[Dave Russo]

Yes, through a reseller

Any link for a reseller?

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Any link for a reseller?

Slava computers is the cheapest one I saw it's 14$ for harmony basic and 25$ for harmony advanced per year

 

[Cosmic1764]

Slava computers is the cheapest one I saw it's 14$ for harmony basic and 25$ for harmony advanced per year

I saw and have the link - how do you set it up? Is it violating their rules for you to use a reseller instead of having a business?

 

[simmerskool]

I saw and have the link - how do you set it up? Is it violating their rules for you to use a reseller instead of having a business?

If Slava is authorized by Checkpoint then I assume No Rule violation. I have Harmony thru reseller in UK. I post the link but I don't have it in front of me at the moment, ie, running linux...

 

[Cosmic1764]

If Slava is authorized by Checkpoint then I assume No Rule violation. I have Harmony thru reseller in UK. I post the link but I don't have it in front of me at the moment, ie, running linux...

I guess thats fair. I checked their TOS and nothing about "having to be a business' - at least I think. Not sure if it would be worth it just considering the amount of resources it uses.

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

I guess thats fair. I checked their TOS and nothing about "having to be a business' - at least I think. Not sure if it would be worth it just considering the amount of resources it uses.

What are the specs of your machine it requires above 3gb and personally I would advice it only on a 8gb plus machine
But it's in my opinion a tier above ESET in terms of real world protection

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

If Slava is authorized by Checkpoint then I assume No Rule violation. I have Harmony thru reseller in UK. I post the link but I don't have it in front of me at the moment, ie, running linux...

How much was it and did you pay for advanced?

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

I guess thats fair. I checked their TOS and nothing about "having to be a business' - at least I think. Not sure if it would be worth it just considering the amount of resources it uses.

If you have a few computers you can actually get zone alarm cheaper and it's basically the same as Harmony except everything is preconfigured for home use and there isn't any settings to modify

Renewal 18$ 5 devices

Or just put this coupon in zome alarm cart ZafiR

 

[Cosmic1764]

If you have a few computers you can actually get zone alarm cheaper and it's basically the same as Harmony except everything is preconfigured for home use and there isn't any settings to modify

Renewal 18$ 5 devices

Or just put this coupon in zome alarm cart ZafiR

ZA is nice but isnt harmony MUCH stronger? I'd assume its engines are better?

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

ZA is nice but isnt harmony MUCH stronger? I'd assume its engines are better?

Same engines but the difference is you can harden and make it much better with harmony so only thing you lack is settings , management witch zonealarm as it's built to be set and forgot

 

[Cosmic1764]

What are the specs of your machine it requires above 3gb and personally I would advice it only on a 8gb plus machine
But it's in my opinion a tier above ESET in terms of real world protection

max specs
literally max specs

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

max specs

literally max specs

Then yes I would definitely use harmony

(My pc has eset because it has meh specs but if I ever upgrade then it will probably be zonealarm , harmony)