Webroot, the only small AV left.

[Burrito]

Since its inception, Webroot regularly gets hammered in testing. It's not because the product is not tested correctly. It's because the product is lacking. Just recently, Webroot gave the excuse that they failed in independent tests because a new module they are developing was not yet tested with the product.

Ok, so what of the "most advanced blah blah blah" claims for the past 8 years then? That's an unintended admission that they were bullshitting.

OH YEAAHH!

 

[vtqhtr413]

@Burrito , could you post a link to this testing site.

 

[Azure]

@Burrito , could you post a link to this testing site.

Discussion: Security Alert - SE Labs Consumer protection June 2018
Report: https://selabs.uk/download/consumers/epp/2018/apr-jun-2018-consumer.pdf

 

[Deleted member 178]

I remember the one time I tried it. My son said 'Dad, my SSD is out of space'.. I'm like.. WHAT? I ran Treesize, and found 118GB in the WRDATA folder.. I spent day after day opening tickets for whitelisting, finally uninstalling it in frustration.
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Yes, seems the culprit is the journaling system used for the rollback feature, i bet if you have several low popularity software, the system will amass datas and store them in WRdata under .db files. Webroot is supposed to clean the folder from time to time, but it may be too long. Anyway , you can do it yourself by deleting those .db files.

Webroot is a dying product. Recent fiasco(s) where they bricked some machines. Some MSP's that used Webroot spend thousands of man hours fixing systems and servers. I virtually never hear of anyone using it anymore

yes , happened 2 times already.

 

[artek]

I remember the one time I tried it. My son said 'Dad, my SSD is out of space'.. I'm like.. WHAT? I ran Treesize, and found 118GB in the WRDATA folder.. I spent day after day opening tickets for whitelisting, finally uninstalling it in frustration.

Webroot is a dying product. Recent fiasco(s) where they bricked some machines. Some MSP's that used Webroot spend thousands of man hours fixing systems and servers. I virtually never hear of anyone using it anymore.

I still like the product. They're not the only ones that have bricked systems before.

 

[Deleted Member 3a5v73x]

I also kinda like Webroot because of Identity Protection features. Still have some unused licenses in Webroot portal, waiting for product improvements tho. I like that you can restart users system from online dashboard without prompt on clients side. Logged in recently and saw that they have improved that management panel interface too, I don't know how long it's been there, but looks better and clearer.

Webroot + VoodooShield was one of my favorite combos back then.

 

[Alexhousek]

Webroot and VoodooShield is one of my favorite combos now. I've been using it for quite a while and it rocks.

 

[Mahesh Sudula]

Webroot and VoodooShield is one of my favorite combos now. I've been using it for quite a while and it rocks.[/QUOTe/}
Ahhhh!! you are in safe hands

 

[Mahesh Sudula]

Webroot and VoodooShield is one of my favorite combos now. I've been using it for quite a while and it rocks.

Ahhhh! You are in safe hands

 

[Mahesh Sudula]

How effective is its roll back ??

 

[509322]

How effective is its roll back ??

it is effective only against certain types of infections. And which infections those are... you have to get a list from Webroot. However, I doubt they will give you such a list. Webroot isn't open about such things as they say it provides a way for malc0ders to target their soft.

If you know how to use WSA, then you configure it to monitor the setup\launcher files of some unknown\untrusted program or script before you launch them. That way you can rollback most things if turns out to be a bad deal after you launch them. However, you cannot rollback everything despite Webroot marketing saying "It will rollback perfectly every time..." It just don't work that way. What their marketing materials really mean is that it will rollback perfectly what has been shown and demonstrated in this here video...

 

[Mahesh Sudula]

it is effective only against certain types of infections. And which infections those are... you have to get a list from Webroot. However, I doubt they will give you such a list. Webroot isn't open about such things as they say it provides a way for malc0ders to target their soft.

If you know how to use WSA, then you configure it to monitor the setup\launcher files of some unknown\untrusted program or script before you launch them. That way you can rollback most things if turns out to be a bad deal after you launch them. However, you cannot rollback everything despite Webroot marketing saying "It will rollback perfectly every time..." It just don't work that way. What their marketing materials really mean is that it will rollback perfectly what has been shown and demonstrated in this here video...

however i see one pro for webroot..solid antiphishing consistently..

 

[Deleted Member 3a5v73x]

How effective is its roll back ??

Way back from 2016, 32 hours later managed to recover files after Cerber hit. I still wouldn't use that "recovered" system because remnants may have left from ransom, save documents and just format system afterwards.

 

[Mahesh Sudula]

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Way back from 2016, 32 hours later managed to recover files after Cerber hit. I still wouldn't use that "recovered" system because remnants may have left from ransom, save documents and just format system afterwards.

that seems a bit interesting...i have used him for anti phishing..but never tested their modules due to lack of patience
What's your opinion ?

 

[509322]

that seems a bit interesting...i have used him for anti phishing..but never tested their modules due to lack of patience
What's your opinion ?

@davisd points out something important - which is the time that the user must allow WSA to roll back a system. Rollback can take up to 48 hours before it rolls back the system. After 48 hours the system is toast. These details were not present in the WSA documentation the last time I checked. The infos was only give out by Webroot support after an infection was reported to them.

 

[Nevi]

I remember the one time I tried it. My son said 'Dad, my SSD is out of space'.. I'm like.. WHAT? I ran Treesize, and found 118GB in the WRDATA folder.. I spent day after day opening tickets for whitelisting, finally uninstalling it in frustration.

Webroot is a dying product. Recent fiasco(s) where they bricked some machines. Some MSP's that used Webroot spend thousands of man hours fixing systems and servers. I virtually never hear of anyone using it anymore.

I absolutely dont think Webroot is a dying product. In this forum there are a group that don't like it, and that's fine. But I can asure you WRSA will live for a long time, if they continue like they do. I would use it again if need be, but I had used it so many years I thought it was time for a change.
For people that prioritize low resourse footprint, but still good malware blocking, WRSA fit the bill nicely.

 

[GonzitoVir]

I absolutely dont think Webroot is a dying product. In this forum there are a group that don't like it, and that's fine. But I can asure you WRSA will live for a long time, if they continue like they do. I would use it again if need be, but I had used it so many years I thought it was time for a change.
For people that prioritize low resourse footprint, but still good malware blocking, WRSA fit the bill nicely.

A few days ago, Webroot got an "Excellent" and 4.5 stars from PC Magazine Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus
I've been using it for more than a year and so far, so good. Very light and ultra fast at scanning.

 

[Muddy7]

I've been using it (Webroot) for more than a year and so far, so good. Very light and ultra fast at scanning.

Same for me. I used to do the round of AVs and kept getting infected. Webroot was the first one that kept me clean of infections. That's continued to today. So I'm another happy customer .

 

[South Park]

Since Webroot has been doing well in tests lately and I still have a license for it, I'm thinking of trying it again on my budget laptop just because it's so light on resource usage. However, I have a small SSD, which I don't want WR to fill with many gigabytes of unnecessary data. Could any current WR users let me know if it still stores huge amounts of data? Thanks.

 

[Nevi]

Since Webroot has been doing well in tests lately and I still have a license for it, I'm thinking of trying it again on my budget laptop just because it's so light on resource usage. However, I have a small SSD, which I don't want WR to fill with many gigabytes of unnecessary data. Could any current WR users let me know if it still stores huge amounts of data? Thanks.

If you don't download a lot of new stuff Webroot react on, your disk should not be filled with a lot of weird stuff in program data. Mine was around 10-20 MB most of the time. The only reason I changed, was because I needed to try new stuff. I have alternated between Kaspersky and Eset, and Eset won. I used Webroot over 10 years without infections, and I still think it's an awesome antivirus.