App Review Malwarebytes Anti-ransomware (BETA 8) - quick ransomware test

[Evjl's Rain]

 

[Quassar]

Anti-Ransomware products are rly sux :/

 

[RejZoR]

I disagree. RansomFree is quite powerful and it's a free tool. avast!/AVG Software Analyzer proved to be super effective against ransomware. Same goes for Bitdefender's ATC and Kaspersky's System Watcher. I've also got excellent results even from prehistoric ThreatFire. However, if you noticed, none of these are specifically to counter ransomware except RansomFree. And yet they perform so great. Not sure why Malwarebytes seems to be so-so...

 

[Evjl's Rain]

I disagree. RansomFree is quite powerful and it's a free tool. avast!/AVG Software Analyzer proved to be super effective against ransomware. Same goes for Bitdefender's ATC and Kaspersky's System Watcher. I've also got excellent results even from prehistoric ThreatFire. However, if you noticed, none of these are specifically to counter ransomware except RansomFree. And yet they perform so great. Not sure why Malwarebytes seems to be so-so...

I will try to test those ransomwares with kaspersky system rollback and ATC with cloud disabled
according to my previous test with kaspersky antiransomware, it did so-so like this MB tool. I doubt KARW is weaker than proper kaspersky AV's system rollback

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

So MB is saying that the standalone will be a testing bed for MBAR
cool, so the version infused into MBAM 3.xx should score better results.
The standalone is more or less a guinea pig app.
Thanks Rain.

 

[MalwareBlockerYT]

Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware is one of the better ones - it will beat RansomFree any day of the week.

 

[AtlBo]

Evjl's. Any chance we could see verification of Cruelsister's AppCheck Anti-Ransomware test results? ACAR was good in her video. Free won't protect MBR though .

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Evjl's. Any chance we could see verification of Cruelsister's AppCheck Anti-Ransomware test results? ACAR was good in her video. Free won't protect MBR though .

I will test Appcheck AR + MBR filter combo
in 1 or 2 days

 

[AtlBo]

Thanks Evjl's. Think there have been updates since the CS' video, so the test results should be interesting.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55778]

I really liked KAR, but I got Voodooshield, so no need.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55778]

Wow, Malwarebytes AntiRansomware failed that! It is lagging behind most AntiRansomware tools now. It had so much promise...

 

[cruelsister]

I will be publishing another AppCheck video this coming weekend. It will be against the same malware as seen in yesterdays HMPA quickie. Also I will be testing the Pro version, so will include a couple (three) different MBR lockers (the video is pretty much done, I just have to decide on an eight minute song- I'm thinking vintage Zappa).

The one ESSENTIAL thing to remember about AppCheck is that it is specific in protecting Documents, Photos, etc. By this I mean that Fortress-class ransomware (attacking exe's dll's and so forth) will be allowed to proceed; so an application can be trashed BUT personal Documents (which are not replaceable) will be protected by the backup system and so can be restored. But there is a function where other directories can also be backed up.

About MB's ransomware module- It was coded by the same guy that did the horrible CryptoMonitor and never has been any good.