Surprise by these results. I didn't think it would fail. I was sure this is one that would survive. Guess not.
Sophos Home vs Cerber 4 Ransomware
Sophos Home vs Cerber 4 Ransomware
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Love these short, straight to the point videos.
Try looking at results from a product which actually has some decent zero-day protection components like HitmanPro.Alert, Emsisoft (Behaviour Blocker), Kaspersky (Application Control) and the results should be decent.
(based on my personal opinions).
(based on my personal opinions).
- Nov 19, 2014
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Why are you surprised. It's a free tool with basic protection. It doesn't offer the ransomware protection their enterprise products offer(HMPA).
- Apr 5, 2014
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I am not "Surprise" if it passed I will be "Surprise" 
I think he was expecting the product to have some sort of special Emsisoft Behaviour Blocker replication hidden deep in the internals of the Sophos software, but was surprised when he realised it turned out to just be part of a dream he had last night.
- Nov 19, 2014
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Sophos free product is like all free products. Good up to a point but you need a layered protection because a free product doesn't cover all angles. If it did how would they sell their premium products and who would pay the expenses of the company.I think he was expecting the product to have some sort of special Emsisoft Behaviour Blocker replication hidden deep in the internals of the Sophos software, but was surprised when he realised it turned out to just be part of a dream he had last night.
Those poor developers and personnel need to eat.
- Aug 19, 2016
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wheres the surprise? even the anti-ransom-equiped-AV still can be messed up, personally I doubt the protection against ransomware if there's no default-deny added
even the anti-ransom-equiped-AV still can be messed up, personally I doubt the protection against ransomware if there's no default-deny addedLots of people swear by Sophos. Yes it's basic protection, but many people use it, and don't layer.
I personally believe in a security setup that is light and limited as possible, and even though that is my goal I have WinAnti-Ransom, Bitdefender Free AV, and ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro. This runs very light on my PC.
I personally believe in a security setup that is light and limited as possible, and even though that is my goal I have WinAnti-Ransom, Bitdefender Free AV, and ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro. This runs very light on my PC.
I was joking earlier?
And I agree with you, they have to limit their free version to make profit, money makes the world go round! (well I can think of other stuff that keeps us sane but let's stick to money for the purpose of this forum sake hahaha)
- Nov 19, 2014
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Yeah i know you were joking and you are right money make the world go round. Something has to do it.I was joking earlier?
Also the less features you offer the less bugs and issues you will have making a free product easier to maintain and support.
Well...I think he was expecting the product to have some sort of special Emsisoft Behaviour Blocker replication hidden deep in the internals of the Sophos software, but was surprised when he realised it turned out to just be part of a dream he had last night.
They did say this
"I agree with you ScottKrautkramer when you say we need to make this more known to our users. I work with the Marketing on Sophos Home and we're trying to do just that. I do want to make it clear though that Sophos Home does have HIPS/zero day protections. It's a combination of signature and behavioral based protections like you find in Sophos Cloud. Patrick MacGyver thanks for helping to clarify that. Good quote."
Sohpos Home for Windows Need more layers of Security? - Sophos Home for Windows - Sophos Home - Sophos Community
- Mar 15, 2011
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Sophos have internal behavior protection but something far compare to Kaspersky and Emsisoft.
Nowadays cloud may not help you out because threats can make it benign through various options.
Nowadays cloud may not help you out because threats can make it benign through various options.
- May 15, 2016
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It has basic protection . I do not surprised .
It is evident the lack of a behavioral blocking system, but also a problem of signature detection at real-time level.
Sophos Home edition has failed but we do not forget that also enterprise solutions have failed against many ransomware variants.
If we consider a possible lack of BB, another problem is the lack of valid signatures, but above all, the main problem of the static detection is the capacity of the ransomwre to change its code to not be identified by antivirus signature based. The ransomware, follow this rule for every campaign (or even multiple times inside that ) by changing its code using obfuscation and polymorphism in order to not be detected.
Sophos Home edition has failed but we do not forget that also enterprise solutions have failed against many ransomware variants.
If we consider a possible lack of BB, another problem is the lack of valid signatures, but above all, the main problem of the static detection is the capacity of the ransomwre to change its code to not be identified by antivirus signature based. The ransomware, follow this rule for every campaign (or even multiple times inside that ) by changing its code using obfuscation and polymorphism in order to not be detected.
- Feb 11, 2017
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Agree.. free tool is the key.. lol.
*fingers-crossed* hoping all free versions eventually will add in ransomware protection module (behavior monitoring/memory inspection etc). Too wild a dream? lol
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