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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 834335"><p>Well, it seems to be doing stuff, but not a whole lot.. For example I got an alert "ONOZ you almost got malware! Appguard protected you from PID(714)"... Ok, well let me look.. Wait, PID(714) isn't even a valid, currently running PID. What was it? What was it going to do? The the endless BAM State warnings.. Well, newsflash, BAM states are written constantly to the registry by almost all running applications. So what! Appguard protected me from a threat that doesn't actually exist, which was normal things updated BAM's and Controlset writes.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't seem to be offering much of anything other than alerts for things that aren't nefarious, and protection for things assigned, while ignoring a tremendously large threat surface from other areas.</p><p></p><p>Maybe any appguard gurus can tell me what things me and Burrito could be missing here or is this just - to put it bluntly - a blindingly generic SRP with protected folders, guarded apps and software restriction policies? It's like a bundled up Group Policy Program or something. If Panda fixed the bugs in their Application and Data Guard modules, it would do basically the same thing with SG Settings. It's sort of broken, but when fixed, it would basically be Appguard?</p><p></p><p>Today on Boot, Appguard warned "Appguard has protected you from 152 Suspicious events!" Not really... 98% of them were normal browser registry updates for user settings and updates. It sounds scary, but the reality is Appguard protected me from nothing suspicious at all.</p><p></p><p>Can you imagine installing Appguard on a family/friends system and them seeing they had 900 suspicious activities a month? It's enough to induce paranoia. Sure if you want to keep adjusting it every week you might get things toned down. But the next application update or game install, it's right back to square one.</p><p></p><p>Disclaimer: I should probably disclose that this is my personal experience thus far. That way no fake legal threats will come in to me from temporary Gmail accounts written by someone that doesn't seem like they've ever litigated anything before. Not that they could actually find me, or I even exist as a locatable, sue-able entity in the USA. So remember, it's all personal experiences and opinions at this point. But I am ready (and so is Burrito) if someone cares to point out our misconceptions about it? I'm almost ready to call it Group Policy Editor Turbo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 834335"] Well, it seems to be doing stuff, but not a whole lot.. For example I got an alert "ONOZ you almost got malware! Appguard protected you from PID(714)"... Ok, well let me look.. Wait, PID(714) isn't even a valid, currently running PID. What was it? What was it going to do? The the endless BAM State warnings.. Well, newsflash, BAM states are written constantly to the registry by almost all running applications. So what! Appguard protected me from a threat that doesn't actually exist, which was normal things updated BAM's and Controlset writes. It doesn't seem to be offering much of anything other than alerts for things that aren't nefarious, and protection for things assigned, while ignoring a tremendously large threat surface from other areas. Maybe any appguard gurus can tell me what things me and Burrito could be missing here or is this just - to put it bluntly - a blindingly generic SRP with protected folders, guarded apps and software restriction policies? It's like a bundled up Group Policy Program or something. If Panda fixed the bugs in their Application and Data Guard modules, it would do basically the same thing with SG Settings. It's sort of broken, but when fixed, it would basically be Appguard? Today on Boot, Appguard warned "Appguard has protected you from 152 Suspicious events!" Not really... 98% of them were normal browser registry updates for user settings and updates. It sounds scary, but the reality is Appguard protected me from nothing suspicious at all. Can you imagine installing Appguard on a family/friends system and them seeing they had 900 suspicious activities a month? It's enough to induce paranoia. Sure if you want to keep adjusting it every week you might get things toned down. But the next application update or game install, it's right back to square one. Disclaimer: I should probably disclose that this is my personal experience thus far. That way no fake legal threats will come in to me from temporary Gmail accounts written by someone that doesn't seem like they've ever litigated anything before. Not that they could actually find me, or I even exist as a locatable, sue-able entity in the USA. So remember, it's all personal experiences and opinions at this point. But I am ready (and so is Burrito) if someone cares to point out our misconceptions about it? I'm almost ready to call it Group Policy Editor Turbo. [/QUOTE]
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