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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1098672" data-attributes="member: 99014">In addition to the review by Shadowra, the following needs to be mentioned about Heimdal:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The company abuses widescale marketing terms such as NextGen and others, when in reality there is nothing next gen. It uses the Avira SDK which is pretty much FirstGen engine, jam packed with definitions and heuristics, receiving around 5 updates daily. NextGen would mean it can function without updates.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At runtime, it couldn’t have been anything else but carnage, as there is no behavioural monitoring whatsoever. The only thing it could do at runtime is to block secondary payloads, detected by Avira, from being downloaded.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">They claim there is “sandbox” and “behavioural inspection” but nobody ever has seen these in action, much like Panda TruPrevent.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is no firewall, they simply ensure that Windows Firewall is on.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The “web protection” is solely dns-based so it will work in some cases, but when malware tries to connect directly to an IP, it will do nothing.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DNS protection module is not, and should not be confused with IDS!</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Even simply on malicious websites, web protection is a disaster.</li>
</ul>In conclusion, Heimdal Thor is one overhyped, overblown, extremely basic solution that relies on Marvel-inspired product names and hypewords, offering beyond minimum protection, charging users bananas for it. <s>It also attempts to lock them in suspicious auto-renewal schemes</s>.Avoid!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1098672, member: 99014"] In addition to the review by Shadowra, the following needs to be mentioned about Heimdal: [LIST] [*]The company abuses widescale marketing terms such as NextGen and others, when in reality there is nothing next gen. It uses the Avira SDK which is pretty much FirstGen engine, jam packed with definitions and heuristics, receiving around 5 updates daily. NextGen would mean it can function without updates. [*]At runtime, it couldn’t have been anything else but carnage, as there is no behavioural monitoring whatsoever. The only thing it could do at runtime is to block secondary payloads, detected by Avira, from being downloaded. [*]They claim there is “sandbox” and “behavioural inspection” but nobody ever has seen these in action, much like Panda TruPrevent. [*]There is no firewall, they simply ensure that Windows Firewall is on. [*]The “web protection” is solely dns-based so it will work in some cases, but when malware tries to connect directly to an IP, it will do nothing. [*]The DNS protection module is not, and should not be confused with IDS! [*]Even simply on malicious websites, web protection is a disaster. [/LIST] In conclusion, Heimdal Thor is one overhyped, overblown, extremely basic solution that relies on Marvel-inspired product names and hypewords, offering beyond minimum protection, charging users bananas for it. [S]It also attempts to lock them in suspicious auto-renewal schemes[/S]. Avoid! [/QUOTE]

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