MRG Effitas 360 Assessment & Certification Q3 2016

[Solarquest]

Only Kaspersky IS was certified level 1....
Interesting and surprising results for other AV...

more in the link below
https://www.mrg-effitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MRG-Effitas-360-Assessment-Q3-2016.pdf

 

[Petrovic]

Only Kaspersky IS was certified level 1

 

[ZeroDay]

I agree with the Bitdefender results

 

[RedTeam]

Bitdefender is really slipping.

Malwarebytes is just useless junk at the moment. Windows Denfender is a better option. Uninstalled it long ago.

 

[jamescv7]

@RedTeam:

Well Malwarebytes has different perspective view in terms of detection, so expect for possible low rate percentage.

 

[woodrowbone]

WSA used to be on top in MRG:s tests, they have been slipping all year.
Anyone heard if anything changed in the test setup? I wish Sveta or Chris could show up here and give us some inside.
MRG is the only company able to test WSA at the moment, and I would like to know how the samples that failed WSA, did escape from the "safe environment" that WSA creates for unknown files?

/W

 

[tim one]

MRG is the only company able to test WSA at the moment

If I correctly remember, MRG's WSA test is clearly sponsored by Webroot.

 

[tim one]

Bitdefender is really slipping.

Malwarebytes is just useless junk at the moment. Windows Denfender is a better option. Uninstalled it long ago.

MalwareBytes is not an antivirus and it can't compete with an antivirus but it has to work alongside an AV.

 

[woodrowbone]

If I correctly remember, MRG's WSA test is clearly sponsored by Webroot.

Yes, they and others, and probably because MRG knows how WSA works.

/W

 

[artek]

WSA used to be on top in MRG:s tests, they have been slipping all year.
Anyone heard if anything changed in the test setup? I wish Sveta or Chris could show up here and give us some inside.
MRG is the only company able to test WSA at the moment, and I would like to know how the samples that failed WSA, did escape from the "safe environment" that WSA creates for unknown files?

/W

They looked like they were doing fine in most categories except for ransomware -- which is something I've heard they've had problems with in the past. Controlling scripts, etc.

 

[rosendalek]

They looked like they were doing fine in most categories except for ransomware -- which is something I've heard they've had problems with in the past. Controlling scripts, etc.

yes i tested webroot against some ransomeware a few days ago, its behaviour blocker picked it up, but failed to stop the actual infection

 

[Azure]

MalwareBytes is not an antivirus and it can't compete with an antivirus but it has to work alongside an AV.

It was still featured in this test regardless. And let's not forget it was also compared with other antimalware products, but it didn't do so well.

yes i tested webroot against some ransomeware a few days ago, its behaviour blocker picked it up, but failed to stop the actual infection

Didn't the rollback feature remove the infection later?

 

[woodrowbone]

Same as above, did the rollback not kick in?

/W

 

[woodrowbone]

They looked like they were doing fine in most categories except for ransomware -- which is something I've heard they've had problems with in the past. Controlling scripts, etc.

The thing is that if we go back in time like 6 months and more, WSA aced these tests, including ransomware.
Something must have changed in WSA, MRG:s way of testing or the malwares found ways out of WSA when in containment?

/W