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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 1019947" data-attributes="member: 7463">Not at all. This video ONLY tests the 2nd opinion products and NOT the real-time applications of these companies (this point is actually made in the initial text box in Part 2). Most will be fine against such malware although some may not be.In the case of Emsisoft (Anti-Malware Home)- when these malware files are initially run, the data-stealer is detected. For the Worm, although a definition did not exist, malicious activity was detected and the Worm was eradicated- so optimal results in this case.But what would happen if Emsisoft Home was installed when the system is already infected? To test that, I infected the system and installed Emsisoft Home. after the usual update I rebooted to set the malware and did a full scan. For the Data Stealer, both the payload as well as the associated .dat file were detected and deleted; although the scheduled task for the payload remains, who really cares as it now points to nothing. In the case of the Worm however, this was not detected and with the persistence mechanism still in place continued to happily infect the system (and my USB). This result was rather sub-optimal. (Please note that this type of testing can be considered by some to be unfair (and i guess why it&#039;s really not done by anyone except especially cruel people.)Thank you DC for the question!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 1019947, member: 7463"] Not at all. This video ONLY tests the 2nd opinion products and NOT the real-time applications of these companies (this point is actually made in the initial text box in Part 2). Most will be fine against such malware although some may not be. In the case of Emsisoft (Anti-Malware Home)- when these malware files are initially run, the data-stealer is detected. For the Worm, although a definition did not exist, malicious activity was detected and the Worm was eradicated- so optimal results in this case. But what would happen if Emsisoft Home was installed when the system is already infected? To test that, I infected the system and installed Emsisoft Home. after the usual update I rebooted to set the malware and did a full scan. For the Data Stealer, both the payload as well as the associated .dat file were detected and deleted; although the scheduled task for the payload remains, who really cares as it now points to nothing. In the case of the Worm however, this was not detected and with the persistence mechanism still in place continued to happily infect the system (and my USB). This result was rather sub-optimal. (Please note that this type of testing can be considered by some to be unfair (and i guess why it's really not done by anyone except especially cruel people.) Thank you DC for the question! [/QUOTE]

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