Battle Security software that uses BitDefender engine - Discussion

[BoraMurdar]

All these products have among the highest malware detection rates on the market. So in most cases they will protect you well.
But what distinguishes them?
We have most of well known names here, honorable mention would go also for :

Auslogics Antivirus
IObit Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus 2013
Hauri (ViRobot)
Imen,
Immunet,
MultiCore Antivirus
RadialPoint
Roboscan Internet Security,
SafeNSoft,
SecurityCoverage,
SourceNext,
VirusChaser,
Zenok.​

 

[ZeroDay]

I chose Emsisoft. I think it's a great product, with a fantastic bb built in. And their customer service is second to none.

 

[BoraMurdar]

I chose Emsisoft. I think it's a great product, with a fantastic bb built in. And their customer service is second to none.

Good choice ZeroDay

 

[Venustus]

I would go for F-secure.Very light, effective, and a great "zero day" component (Deepguard)

 

[bunyip783]

Emsisoft or the original Bitdefender would be my choice.

 

[flamingos222]

I using a "Cloud Security ZERO" from Sourcenext. It's based on eScan Internet Security Suite.
So-so light, protection is not bad.

 

[Littlebits]

I personally don't like the BitDefender engine, I believe it is highly over-rated because of AV testing sites which are paid well for the testing results. Even if the detection rates were accurate, detection is only one factor to consider when choosing an AV. From high false positives to system performance issues and bugs, it just not a good engine for real-time protection.

However Emsisoft probably is the best because they actually take steps to remove the high false positive detections and their own engine is pretty good by itself, bugs and system performance issues not as bad as others. Still I only prefer to use it as a on-demand scanner.

Thanks.

 

[Exterminator]

Emsisoft,it is lighter now than previous versions.Less updates and much faster.Very few FP's,BB is great and with version 8 less buggy.
Customer Support is really outstanding,which is hard to find anywhere for any product.

 

[Purshu_Pro]

i use Bitdefender itself!

 

[tapoo]

Roboscan Internet Security also uses Bitdefender engine @BoraMurdar....
BTW, which of them have free version except Lavasoft, Roboscan and Qihoo??

 

[tapoo]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/ZenOK.shtml
ZenOk is stopped developing???

 

[Neiltullio]

Zenok probably incorporated AV as a part of their backup software

 

[BoraMurdar]

Roboscan Internet Security also uses Bitdefender engine @BoraMurdar....
BTW, which of them have free version except Lavasoft, Roboscan and Qihoo??

Sorry for not mentioning Roboscan, I forgot.
In fact, my motive for posting this poll is to know what of all of these above are offering the most for user protection. Some of just use BitDefender engine and that's it. So if we "remove" BitDefender engine from all of these products, in your opinion, who of them would protect you the most.

 

[Deleted member 178]

From me you will be not surprised i chose Emsisoft ^^

 

[BoraMurdar]

From me you will be not surprised i chose Emsisoft ^^

Even I don't like BitDefender at all, you are probably right. Emsisoft offers the most components for protection, and from all of these I should recommend it. I have chosen BullGuard in the poll because I like the interface and it's lighter than others, IMO.

 

[Neiltullio]

@BoraMurdar : answering your detail question - Trustport, as it is multiengine product (AVG and Bitdefender now, right?), so after removing Bitdefender another serious engine left.

Answering your basic question - I know for sure I would not choose any product from vendor not related to antymalware industry.
I would choose vendor for whom fighting malware is bread and butter, who has some in-house technology, own researchers and viruslab.

I think it is true for FSecure, Emsisoft, GData.
I doubt it is true for IObit, Zenok, Auslogics, but also for BullGuard and TrustPort (and not listed here : Ashampoo and Coranti)

 

[BoraMurdar]

@BoraMurdar : answering your detail question - Trustport, as it is multiengine product (AVG and Bitdefender now, right?), so after removing Bitdefender another serious engine left.

Answering your basic question - I know for sure I would not choose any product from vendor not related to antymalware industry.
I would choose vendor for whom fighting malware is bread and butter, who has some in-house technology, own researchers and viruslab.

I think it is true for FSecure, Emsisoft, GData.
I doubt it is true for IObit, Zenok, Auslogics, but also for BullGuard and TrustPort (and not listed here : Ashampoo and Coranti)

F Secure (Kaspersky also) is well known company for researching and studying new malware and always one of the first companies that alerts the world that new form of malware came out into the wild. GData and Emsisoft not quite so. For F Secure I can show only respect.

 

[Neiltullio]

True, but making PR is not everything
Emsisoft is small company, they couldn't make valuable AV themselves. They have to use 3th party engine.
I also don't expect from them to make deep research. It requires time and human resources.
But they are devoted to make their product in security field, and they made own HIPS (Mamutu).
GData is bigger, they work in security for ages and they have real developers and not only GUI programmers

 

[Exterminator]

True, but making PR is not everything
Emsisoft is small company, they couldn't make valuable AV themselves. They have to use 3th party engine.
I also don't expect from them to make deep research. It requires time and human resources.
But they are devoted to make their product in security field, and they made own HIPS (Mamutu).
GData is bigger, they work in security for ages and they have real developers and not only GUI programmers

Don't understand Emsisoft is small company, they couldn't make valuable AV themselves
Most AV's use mutliscanning,primarily because no single Av engine is 100% Each engine uses different scanning methods and updates.Using more than 1 increases the chances of catching malware.

Emsisoft uses an in-house engine with BitDefender engine

G-Data AntiVirus uses Avast and BitDefender's engine

F-secure uses an in-house engine with BitDefender's engine


"GData is bigger, they work in security for ages and they have real developers and not only GUI programmers"

I know people that work for Emsisoft and would have to disagree with the above comment

 

[Nedim]

BullGuard and Emsisoft.
I have had some great experiences with these two. Both are light and effective.
Worked much better than Bitdefender on my PC.