Nice and informative video made by Motasem Hamdan.
How Antivirus Works? Dynamic and Behavioral Detection
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Glad you found the video by Motasem Hamdan helpful! It indeed provides a clear explanation of how dynamic and behavioral detection in antivirus works. If you have any questions or points to discuss, feel free to share.
Examples.
Avast:
blog.avast.com
Bitdefender:
www.bitdefender.com
www.bitdefender.com
techzone.bitdefender.com
Emsisoft:
www.emsisoft.com
Eset:
Microsoft Defender:
Kaspersky:
ProofPoint:
www.proofpoint.com
Symantec:
techdocs.broadcom.com
Avast:
Catching malware red-handed: Behavioral threat fingerprinting
With this novel approach, we have introduced an additional layer of threat analysis explainability using deep neural networks, which helps increase the protection that we provide to our over 435 million users.
blog.avast.com
Bitdefender:
HyperDetect
What is Bitdefender Advanced Threat Defense & What does it do?
Here's what it means, how it works, and why it's great to use the Advanced Threat Defense feature included in Bitdefender security solutions for Windows.
www.bitdefender.com
Anomaly Detection - Bitdefender TechZone
Discover the power of Anomaly Detection in cybersecurity. Learn how Bitdefender Labs customizes machine-learning models to safeguard systems with personalized protection.
Emsisoft:
How we use the Swiss cheese model to prevent malware infections
The Swiss cheese model is a useful way of visualizing how accidents occur and why layered protection is critical for preventing both COVID and malware.
www.emsisoft.com
Eset:
Microsoft Defender:
Client behavioral blocking - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Client behavioral blocking is part of behavioral blocking and containment capabilities at Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
learn.microsoft.com
Kaspersky:
ProofPoint:
Behavioral Analysis & AI/ML for Threat Detection | Proofpoint US
Learn about Proofpoint's Behavioral Analysis uses AI/ML for threat detection. Read this post to go behind the scenes on Proofpoint's newest detection engines.
Symantec:
What is Behavioral Analysis (SONAR) in Symantec Endpoint Protection?
Behavioral analysis is the real-time protection that detects potentially malicious behavior when applications run on your computers. Behavioral analysis uses heuristics as well as reputation data to detect emerging and unknown threats. Behavioral analysis provides "zero-day" protection because...
Microsoft Defender and Kaspersky have excellent behavioral detection based on Machine Learning models. So why Kaspersky AV can score better in Real-World tests?
https://malwaretips.com/threads/the...4-av-test-av-comparatives.134865/post-1117751
The answer is probably included in the video:
As we can see, some FUDs (Fully UnDetectable malware) are detected only after the execution, when some malicious actions are already done. Microsoft decided to fight such malware as follows:
If SmartScreen is disabled or the user ignores SmartScreen alerts, enabling advanced settings in MD is necessary to prevent efficiently FUDs. If not, then MD uses post-execution behavioral detection which is as good as for Kaspersky, but Kaspersky can efficiently reverse the changes made by the Malware (like encrypted files), and MD often cannot.
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One could ask: Can such MD post-execution protection be useful?
Yes, it can (although imperfect). The first victim is infected, but others will be protected in a few minutes.
https://malwaretips.com/threads/the...4-av-test-av-comparatives.134865/post-1117751
The answer is probably included in the video:
As we can see, some FUDs (Fully UnDetectable malware) are detected only after the execution, when some malicious actions are already done. Microsoft decided to fight such malware as follows:
- Enabled SmartScreen (in Edge and for Windows Explorer).
- Enabled ASR rules (especially the rule "Block executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criteria").
- Post-execution behavioral detection.
If SmartScreen is disabled or the user ignores SmartScreen alerts, enabling advanced settings in MD is necessary to prevent efficiently FUDs. If not, then MD uses post-execution behavioral detection which is as good as for Kaspersky, but Kaspersky can efficiently reverse the changes made by the Malware (like encrypted files), and MD often cannot.
Edit.
One could ask: Can such MD post-execution protection be useful?
Yes, it can (although imperfect). The first victim is infected, but others will be protected in a few minutes.
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I don't think anyone says that about Panda. It aways does badly when tested here.
In the last two years, Panda Free was tested by AV-Comparatives (2 awards per 4 Real-World tests), once by AV-Test (Panda Dome, 1 award). The results were similar to Microsoft.
Panda scored worse in SE Labs tests in the category "Targeted attacks". But at home, the protection should be similar to Microsoft (for similar reasons).
So yes, it seems that Panda's behavioral detection can be similar to top AVs. However, behavioral detection is only one of the protection layers.
Panda scored worse in SE Labs tests in the category "Targeted attacks". But at home, the protection should be similar to Microsoft (for similar reasons).
So yes, it seems that Panda's behavioral detection can be similar to top AVs. However, behavioral detection is only one of the protection layers.
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While it does well when tests by testing organisations, when it's been tested @Shadowra it does very badly. It also did badly when it was tested in the Malware Hub here. For example in the second test I've linked to, out of 190 malware samples, 50 remained. Panda is slow to add signatures for new threats and I presume it is doing well in tests by testing organisations, because as is often speculated, they aren't testing against the very latest malware.
App Review - Do not choice Panda ! (Panda Dome Free vs Panda Dome Complete)
Hello and welcome to this test of Panda! Panda is a Spanish antivirus, focusing on the 100% Cloud. Intended for novices, Panda has unfortunately never passed one of my tests, always making a very infected system. In this test, we compare the free and the paid version of Panda (Panda Dome Free...
malwaretips.com
App Review - Panda Dome Free v22
Hello and welcome to the Panda test! Panda Dome is an antivirus from Spain that has been acquired by WatchGuard. For several years, Panda Security has been offering an antivirus on the cloud while relying on a clear interface. But, Panda has never passed any of my tests, will it manage to...
malwaretips.com
The testing methodology used by @Shadowra was probably similar to SE Labs (more scripts and non-EXE samples than in other tests).
Panda offers a solution for businesses, Panda Adaptive Defense 360.
www.pcmag.com
Panda Security Adaptive Defense Review
As a malware detection and prevention platform, Panda has significantly improved since we last reviewed it. While it could still be vulnerable to fileless attacks and scripts, since they bypass the 100 percent attestation service, this is still a well-designed and thorough protection platform,
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