Next to our own client based behavioral scan (which finds malware by associating detected behavioral traits), whitelisting and malware removal technology (which handles sophisticated rootkits and bootkits), we are only using the G Data, Dr.Web and Emisoft engines in the cloud to identify the objects our client based technology provides.
Previously, we did not display the Ikarus logo but the Ikarus company requested us to show it on our screen last year (even though it is indeed used through Emsisoft's engine).
Now, for our router based technology called HitmanPro.UTM and Sitecom Cloud Security, we were requested to start promoting the Bitdefender logo.
For the regular HitmanPro software Bitdefender's engine is indeed used through G Data's technology (which also offers G Data's proprietary whitelisting and heuristic technologies). Since Bitdefender won the best AV of the year award last year, we found it a good idea to mention the logo on HitmanPro as well (which we are now allowed to do).
In the coming months we will be launching our own identification engine as well. Because even though the thrid party engines do a nice job, it sometimes takes days before the zero-day or early life malware that HitmanPro finds is identified.
