App Review ThreatFire 4.7.0 Prevention Test

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very good review, like the big zooms and Killswitch :D

about TF, it confirmed what i thought, it cant compare with Mamutu. but the good point it seems to be lighter than the previous versions.
 
umbrapolaris said:
very good review, like the big zooms and Killswitch :D

about TF, it confirmed what i thought, it cant compare with Mamutu. but the good point it seems to be lighter than the previous versions.
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Thanks for the feedback :) I felt a system slowdown when I used it. As the version was last updated in 25/11/2009! Symantec is not caring about it. Will it perform better if I set the sensitivity level to be higher?
 
WinAndLinuxTutorials said:
Thanks for the feedback :) I felt a system slowdown when I used it. As the version was last updated in 25/11/2009! Symantec is not caring about it. Will it perform better if I set the sensitivity level to be higher?
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that is the problem with TF, resources usage, slow development. theorically it should have a better detection, but i cant confirm. i didnt use it a lot.
 
Threatfire needs to be update for improvements as Behavior Blocker. At least its getting detected than nothing.
 
Yes, Symantec owns Pc Tools, but Pc Tools is operating as a separate company, even though it is now under the umbrella of Symantec!
 
I used ThreatFire in the past and it was a very nice behaviour blocker, but it hasn't bee upgraded in a very long time
 
I'm not sure why Threatfire becomes inactive for updates, as since Symantec owns PC Tools its like mostly AV, IS and other products were remain to be active in updates/improvements.
 
jamescv7 said:
I'm not sure why Threatfire becomes inactive for updates, as since Symantec owns PC Tools its like mostly AV, IS and other products were remain to be active in updates/improvements.
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Maybe Symantec treats PC Tools products as toys :D I don't know why they don't care about it :huh:
 
If Threatfire was integrated from a part of Norton Feature "Sonar" surely it would done very well.
 
jamescv7 said:
If Threatfire was integrated from a part of Norton Feature "Sonar" surely it would done very well.
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i heavily suspect it was done already, Symantec surely salvage the code, added it to its sonar, then left Threatfire to its own.
 
Threatfire on level 3 is practically useless, level 4 might help a bit. But the real problem is that some malware today behaves like any other safe application. It displays a window and asks the user for interaction. Therefore it isn't much a behavior blocker can do. Also a behavior blocker might react to late to prevent changes to your system, some files might be dropped on your hdd, some reg keys changed until the malicious application triggers a pop-up. I think the purpose of a behavior blocker is to prevent malware that your antivirus misses to entirely take over your system. At least this is what most behavior blockers do today - keep your OS in a working state.
 
So its like to be said, a BB must displayed that the malicious behavior was blocked and no more action required.
 
on Mamutu, it lookup the suspected file with the cloud then you set it to block or allow it automatically based on the statistics done by the other users.
 
yes you right. to improve the detection you must set it on paranoid.
 
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