Systweak Antivirus, new AV with Avira signatures

[roger_m]

In my constant search for new software, I just discovered this.new antivirus from Systweak. Systweak is not a trustworthy company and has been linked to tech support scams, but nonetheless I like trying new software, and none of their software is actually malicious. Their other software includes Advanced System Protector, anti-malware software which has major issues with deliberate false positives. This is Systweak's first antivirus, but Innovana Thinklabs, a company that has close ties with Systweak, publishes ITL Total Security, which also uses Avira signatures.

I find it interesting that for the last few years, just about any antivirus published by an untrustworthy company, uses Avira signatures.

Systweak Antivirus – Best Antivirus for Windows PC

Systweak Antivirus keeps you secure against spyware, adware, viruses, and other malware types. It offers real-time protection to keep your system security & privacy intact.

www.systweak.com

Here is an article about their tech support scams. Also if you do a Google search for Systweak tech support scam, you will find lots more information, including YouTube videos.

systweak.com: a fraudster with Microsoft Gold Partner certification

Offshore Outsourcing & Scammer - Blog about offshore outsourcing and scammer in the outsourcing industry - At my research for the roots of the Tech Support scam offers in the call center industry I have foun

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Here are some screenshots. There is nothing remarkable, but it does include some kind of exploit protection.

 

[I3rYcE]

Another useless software in the market.

 

[VladDracul]

All big players have already free AVs and this one offers "realtime protection" as a premium feature...it's some kind of joke i suppose

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

All big players have already free AVs and this one offers "realtime protection" as a premium feature...it's some kind of joke i suppose

Not at all, this is aimed at people who are answering their call, they don't expect people googling for AVs to buy it, they expect their call center to push this AV to uninformed (not to say ignorant) people.

 

[EndangeredPootis]

Another scam company with the avira engine, what are they doing over there at Avira?
I also noticed:

"Protection Actions"
Quarantined
Deleted

Thats some nice grammar
Also, FYI, the "System protector" program is one of those indian scam programs with the same UI as all others and a number you can call on the main UI.

 

[Cortex]

It does look like 'All Singing, All-Dancing' type, such as Total I think it's called - probably won't lure me away from ESET or F-Secure though ! Thank you for sharing, all good fun

 

[sg09]

UI has some similarities with Iobit's.

Btw, Systweak had Advanced System Protector for long time. During mid 2010 when I tested a large number of Antimalwares for on-demand detections against a two sets of old malwares (at Raymond cc forum), Systweak's result was good TBH, better than many full-fledged antivirus which choose to dump signatures of old malware. Regardless, the software was buggy and threw false positives and they were known for spamming.

 

[Phil52]

Id stick with eset bitdefender norton or mcaffe maybe Avast and kaspersky. Those are all legitimate and really work i use eset on my phone. I have kaspersky on my gaming phone. Both are very good

 

[tipo]

it looks like AVG a little.. anyway, it has a way better UI than avira..

 

[Behold Eck]

Thanks Roger for discovering this "gem" of a program.

I doubt I`ll be keeping it on my test rig for too long ?

Regards Eck

 

[roger_m]

Thanks Roger for discovering this "gem" of a program.

I doubt I`ll be keeping it on my test rig for too long ?

Regards Eck

Maybe for an hour or two.

 

[Behold Eck]

Maybe for an hour or two.

Yes and that would be an hour or two way too long.

Totally amazing that anyone in this day and age would actually purchase it, never mind the "premium"bloat modules as well ??

Still, all good fun.

Regards Eck

 

[alakazam]

So this is basically Avira but with a better looking user interface? Can we see some tests of this software?

 

[roger_m]

So this is basically Avira but with a better looking user interface? Can we see some tests of this software?

The last time I tested it, its detection rate was not quite as good as Avira's. This is the case for most antiviruses which license Avira's signatures, so it's not surprising. Maybe @Shadowra could add it to his list of software to test?

Systweak also publish anti-spyware software called Advanced System Protector, which uses their own signatures and has major issues with false positives.

 

[Shadowra]

It's a PUP

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

www.virustotal.com

 

[Kongo]

UI kinda looks like a copy of Iobit Malware Fighter.

 

[roger_m]

It's a PUP

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

www.virustotal.com

A PUP detection does not mean anything other than that a vendor has chosen to classifiy it as one. It is not an indication of it being malicious or failing to detect malware.

Of course, this is a terrible antivirus and not worth using.