Advice Request Which Bitdefender engine using AV is better ?

[Xsjx]

you dont rely on antivirus and you are an Avira fanboy? lel

I am not a avira fanboy.

 

[Ink]

Avira isnt seen on virustotal because no cloud..

It does have Cloud Protection.
Avira sends suspicious files to Protection Cloud; includes Avira Free Antivirus
Credits - VirusTotal

Spoiler: Trigger Warning

After AVC March 2017, Avira could claim the 100% prize, instead of their current 99.99%
/s

 

[Razza]

What's Xsjx mean is the version of Avira on VirusTotal dose not use cloud it's only the offline signature.

 

[Ink]

What's Xsjx mean is the version of Avira on VirusTotal dose not use cloud it's only the offline signature.

Do they provide a reason as to why?

 

[Arequire]

Do they provide a reason as to why?

If I remember correctly Avira made a stink over a claim that they didn't detect a certain ransomware sample a few years back because it wasn't listed as detected on VT. Their signatures missed the sample but their cloud analysis caught it. I believe they got uppity with VT and that's why they're the only vendor with "(no cloud)" next to their name on VT.

Edit: I found Avira's response to the claim:
Locky in the Cloud with Ransomware - Avira Blog

 

[roger_m]

what about its resource usage?

I've never taken any notice of RAM usage - it's not something I look at, but in terms of system impact, it is extremely minimal.

 

[A.S.K]

What about Lavasoft AV ? any one used its latest version ? does it uses Bitdefenders latest engine ?

 

[Arequire]

What about Lavasoft AV ? any one used its latest version ? does it uses Bitdefenders latest engine ?

It uses Bitdefender's engine but the free version only has signature based detection. It's paid version nets you all the other features (AVC, web protection, firewall, etc.) but I still see no reason to use it over Bitdefender's own AV or something like Emsisoft or G-Data unless you prefer the UI.

 

[Andrew999]

I would say Emsisoft or F-Secure is my favourite. Emsisoft it probably more light on performance.

 

[Thirio]

G-Data, Emsisoft, F-Secure are the ones that stand out to me. All use dual engines and have their own behaviour blocker. All have great detection rates not sure which is the lightest on performance if I had to guess i'd say Emsisoft. Qihoo 360 is another one that has Bitdefender/Avira/Qihoo engine it's also very light while using 5 different engines.

 

[jamescv7]

Why antivirus with Bitdefender engine? Why so particular?

Besides on having a decent signatures, Bitdefender is a company which willing to borrow the license engine from partners without any complicated process compare to other security companies.

In that matter it increases the popularity and business output.

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One thing to consider is the latest BD engines to use which definitely affects the overall detection mechanism.

Emsisoft, Gdata, and F-secure are among the three products which maintain the detection capabilities. Some products are still relying on the old engine of BD.

 

[DarkJoney]

I think Emsisoft is the best, very accurate and realiable, doesn't take resources and my nerves, very friendly UI and configurable as I like. Can't wait to go back to EMSI from F-Secure....

After Emsisoft, I feel F-Secure a bit dumb and paranoic. Also I dislike a small amount of configuration possilbilties. Also whitelist system is not so cool, and virus detection dialogue doesn't allow to ignore detection. In general, works well, I am afraid only about possible ransomware attack.

360 is so paranoic, it's amount of falsepositives made me stop using this antivirus at all. Whitelist doesn't work correctly, too agressive, that's why I aqn't recommend it for the daily user.

Bitdefender exactly feels like damn Symantec, I hate this automatics which is now popular nowadays at AV... Thanks god that F-Secure allows to control himself, but Bitdefender like to automaticaly clean something moreover if you work in "manual" mode of it.

 

[DarkJoney]

Bitdefender is a company which willing to borrow the license engine from partners without any complicated process compare to other security companies.

Yes, that's true, and they also provide a good pricing for the companies.. Bitdefender seems to be a good product, I respect it as much, as Kaspersky. I trust only to this two AV engines.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

I have got a message from Bitdefender on my desktop:don't worry about Wannacry we got it covered

 

[DarkJoney]

I have got a message from Bitdefender on my desktop:don't worry about Wannacry we got it covered

I know, I like responce time from BitDef team... But I am afraid that there is possibility to catch 0-day, and F-Secure won't react...

I hate this damn new rules, I can't check if Zillya AV detects wanna cry, because I can't download the sample... And VirusTotal's bases are outdated.

 

[Xsjx]

I have got a message from Bitdefender on my desktop:don't worry about Wannacry we got it covered

Avira already found it also I asked yesterday