App Review Shadowra's Big Comparative - Episode 4 : Finale

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Vitali Ortzi

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Thank you so much @Shadowra for all the precious time you invested in sharing those reviews with us, highly appreciated!
Great to see that M$ Defender has grown strong over time, and even default config will most likely prevent damage from systems not actively monitored by their users, I think even M$ updates arrive and install automatically now?
Of course, there is never 100% safety, and I'd bet if you come across some 0day, or something not known by signatures yet, M$ Defender will struggle?
However, having tested many AVs in the past, there isn't any AV being bulletproof, if you try hard enough.
I think combining any widely known and reputated AV w/ safe browsing habits, with Adblocker + Bitdefender TrafficLight (or else), and double-checking .exe on VT before opening (of course, only using trusted downloads), you should be quite fine as regular user.
In corporate environment, you might be higher class target, however I think it's more a user fault (social engineering) in many cases than a AV defect.
Checkpoint is the best I seen against zero day pishing but not perfect because it's good mainly against stuff it's trained to detect , has enough similarities


But currently there is no perfect solution against pishing but with checkpoint you can at least block majority of the ones that are very similar and those you probably would actually fall for
 

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AGAIN, @Shadowra THANKS for all the thought, time & effort you put into these tests.

Can anyone comment on Eset Smart Security Premium versus Eset Nod32? I gave up on Premium over a year ago, (as Eset was developing Live Guard) when it borked its firewall and windows firewall, and Eset support was less than helpful. Nod32 has continued to be very good for me, :) and now looking like Eset figured out how to better code Premium :cautious: but mostly I run MS Defender with Defender UI & Cyberlock, or linux.
 

annaegorov

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Hi Shadowra:

I was wondering, since we have a different president, possibly Kaspersky will be allowed again. Maybe you could do one last test, between Eset and Kaspersky. These are possibly the 2 biggest hitters. Interesting to see who would win, between these two.
 

anirbandutta01

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In this video, This is the final round of the Eset vs. Microsoft Defender comparison.
The aim is to see how effective they are, and rank them from worst to best.

Please note:

- The antiviruses are already ranked in the video, I've taken into account Web blocking, the reaction to an attack, my malware pack and how the antivirus will defend itself.
- Please remain courteous and respect my ranking, as the antivirus software is already ranked during assembly.
- This is the final. If your antivirus doesn't win the cup, you can be sure it didn't lose out. Please read my reviews below.
- There will be no further episodes.



Microsoft Defender, the antivirus that qualifies as a free AV product, is going head-to-head with its pay-as-you-go competitor.
It is still very easy to use.

Web: 15/15 => All links blocked
Crack: 1/1 => Blocked

Pack: remaining 10 out of 112.
Microsoft Defender provides excellent protection. During launch, it blocks several attacks (including 1 from RacoonStealer) but will let through a VBS that installs NetSupport, which connects to its server.
Despite this misstep, Microsoft Defender remains an excellent antivirus if you want a free antivirus.

SOS :

MS Defender : 0
NPE: 1
KVRT: 3

ESET, the antivirus loved by the gaming world and qualified as a paid AV, is going head-to-head with Microsoft Defender, its free competitor.
During configuration, I activate the detection of suspicious objects.

Web: 15/15 => All links blocked.
Crack: 1/1 => Blocked
Pack: remains 9 out of 112.

ESET has swept the pack clean!
The remaining files don't work, so I suspect that ESET has cleaned them up or that they are corrupted.
Totally clean system.

ESET wins this big comparison!
But Microsoft Defender is still an excellent antivirus if you want a free solution!

( now we can sleep :D ^^ )

Thank you so much @Shadowra for the test ❤️❤️❤️ Great work 🫡

Glad to see my first used and all time favourite & trusted Antivirus ESET 💖 💜
 

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