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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 978144" data-attributes="member: 32260">We agree here. Also, the fact that there are many AV vendors makes the life of cybercriminals harder.We agreed some time ago that it is acceptable in AVLab to test Defender free on default settings together with paid business versions of other AVs. You presented an argument that in Poland there are many very small firms. In such firms, there are no network Administrators so no one can use PowerShell to manage Defender&#039;s advanced settings. PowerShell is used for remote automation in larger firms. Furthermore, the Defender&#039;s paid versions are overpriced.So, in Poland, most of the very small businesses use 3rd party AVs and only some insist to use Defender free on defaults.My posts in this thread are related to anomalous results of some AVs. Bearing in mind that such anomalies can be seen also in AV-Comparatives tests (for about 2 years), I suspect that they can be inherently related to all Malware Protection tests. I posted about it in several threads, most often in the relation to TrendMicro results in AV-Comparatives tests. There is nothing wrong with anomalies, just something to investigate.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 978144, member: 32260"] We agree here. Also, the fact that there are many AV vendors makes the life of cybercriminals harder. We agreed some time ago that it is acceptable in AVLab to test Defender free on default settings together with paid business versions of other AVs. You presented an argument that in Poland there are many very small firms. In such firms, there are no network Administrators so no one can use PowerShell to manage Defender's advanced settings. PowerShell is used for remote automation in larger firms. Furthermore, the Defender's paid versions are overpriced. So, in Poland, most of the very small businesses use 3rd party AVs and only some insist to use Defender free on defaults. My posts in this thread are related to anomalous results of some AVs. Bearing in mind that such anomalies can be seen also in AV-Comparatives tests (for about 2 years), I suspect that they can be inherently related to all Malware Protection tests. I posted about it in several threads, most often in the relation to TrendMicro results in AV-Comparatives tests. There is nothing wrong with anomalies, just something to investigate.(y) [/QUOTE]

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