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[Updated 29/12/2018] Browser extension comparison: Malwares and Phishings
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<blockquote data-quote="Evjl&#039;s Rain" data-source="post: 730445" data-attributes="member: 51905"><p>A quick test with 20 links from malc0de and vxvault</p><p>[SPOILER="link"]<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xh5s0a7g3h7q372/link%2025-4-18.txt?dl=0" target="_blank">Dropbox - link 25-4-18.txt</a>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>I attached the links to the filters used. Click on these links if you want to view</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Individual tests:</span></strong></p><p>GSB: 13/20</p><p>Norton: 12/20</p><p>Bitdefender Trafficlight: 1/20</p><p>Avira: 7/20</p><p>ublock default: 2/20</p><p>ublock+<a href="https://adzhosts.fr/hosts/AdZGuardFilter.txt" target="_blank">ADZ</a>: 6/20</p><p>ublock+<a href="https://www.squidblacklist.org/downloads/dg-malicious.acl" target="_blank">squidblack</a>: 11/20</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">ublock + <a href="https://hosts-file.net/download/hosts.txt" target="_blank">hphosts full</a> + <a href="https://hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.txt" target="_blank">hphosts partial</a>: 17/20</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Malwarebytes: 16/20</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">MB scored 16 while hphosts scored 17 => missed link was classified in ad/tracker category (ATS) despite having a malware</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>WDBP: 7/20</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>Edge: 17/20</strong></span></p><p></p><p>WDBP 2nd test: 7/20</p><p>WDBP 3rd test: 4/20</p><p>WDBP 4th test: 7/20</p><p>WDBP 5th test: 4/20</p><p>=> Windows defender browser protection is inconsistent. Still in Beta</p><p></p><p>Microsoft Edge also warns users about files without verified signatures => I chose the recommended option to block the files from being downloaded. Therefore, better result</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Combined tests:</span></strong></p><p>GBS+norton+WDBP+MB: 18/20</p><p>GBS+norton+WDBP+MB+uBO squidblack: 18/20</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">My setup: GBS+norton+WDBP+MB+uBO squidblack+<a href="http://1hosts.cf/" target="_blank">1hosts</a> (+</span></strong><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Stevenblack</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"> = blocked 0/20): 19/20</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><span style="font-size: 15px">Winner: Malwarebytes and Microsoft Edge</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evjl's Rain, post: 730445, member: 51905"] A quick test with 20 links from malc0de and vxvault [SPOILER="link"][URL='https://www.dropbox.com/s/xh5s0a7g3h7q372/link%2025-4-18.txt?dl=0']Dropbox - link 25-4-18.txt[/URL][/SPOILER] I attached the links to the filters used. Click on these links if you want to view [B][SIZE=4]Individual tests:[/SIZE][/B] GSB: 13/20 Norton: 12/20 Bitdefender Trafficlight: 1/20 Avira: 7/20 ublock default: 2/20 ublock+[URL='https://adzhosts.fr/hosts/AdZGuardFilter.txt']ADZ[/URL]: 6/20 ublock+[URL='https://www.squidblacklist.org/downloads/dg-malicious.acl']squidblack[/URL]: 11/20 [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]ublock + [URL='https://hosts-file.net/download/hosts.txt']hphosts full[/URL] + [URL='https://hosts-file.net/hphosts-partial.txt']hphosts partial[/URL]: 17/20 Malwarebytes: 16/20[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]MB scored 16 while hphosts scored 17 => missed link was classified in ad/tracker category (ATS) despite having a malware[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]WDBP: 7/20[/B] [B]Edge: 17/20[/B][/COLOR] WDBP 2nd test: 7/20 WDBP 3rd test: 4/20 WDBP 4th test: 7/20 WDBP 5th test: 4/20 => Windows defender browser protection is inconsistent. Still in Beta Microsoft Edge also warns users about files without verified signatures => I chose the recommended option to block the files from being downloaded. Therefore, better result [B][SIZE=4]Combined tests:[/SIZE][/B] GBS+norton+WDBP+MB: 18/20 GBS+norton+WDBP+MB+uBO squidblack: 18/20 [B][SIZE=4]My setup: GBS+norton+WDBP+MB+uBO squidblack+[URL='http://1hosts.cf/']1hosts[/URL] (+[/SIZE][/B][URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts'][B][SIZE=4]Stevenblack[/SIZE][/B][/URL][B][SIZE=4] = blocked 0/20): 19/20[/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=4]Winner: Malwarebytes and Microsoft Edge[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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