- Apr 13, 2013
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A few clarifications to the video:
1). As I didn’t do a direct scan of the malware files it may not have been immediately apparent that both WD and TM had identical detection rate via definitions (8/11).
2). Both products have a module that if the user agrees will submit files back to the Cloud. Two days after this video was completed I checked to see if there was any difference in raw detection and indeed there was- both products detected all eleven samples.
The ability of whatever security product to improve detection with submitted samples is important, but much more so in the case of Windows Defender. With Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender having a current combined market share of about 27%, the chance of a defense being in place for any given zero-day malware is obviously greater for that product having vastly more input being delivered.
3). In the Trend micro part of the Video I am sure that I gave the impression that the only reason that WD was disabled was due to deactivation by TM. This is not the case at all- Windows 10 will deactivate WD on its own when it detects another real-time security installation.
4). Finally note that this review concentrates on one particular form of malware. To determine real world effectiveness only time (and subsequent broader-based testing) will tell.
1). As I didn’t do a direct scan of the malware files it may not have been immediately apparent that both WD and TM had identical detection rate via definitions (8/11).
2). Both products have a module that if the user agrees will submit files back to the Cloud. Two days after this video was completed I checked to see if there was any difference in raw detection and indeed there was- both products detected all eleven samples.
The ability of whatever security product to improve detection with submitted samples is important, but much more so in the case of Windows Defender. With Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender having a current combined market share of about 27%, the chance of a defense being in place for any given zero-day malware is obviously greater for that product having vastly more input being delivered.
3). In the Trend micro part of the Video I am sure that I gave the impression that the only reason that WD was disabled was due to deactivation by TM. This is not the case at all- Windows 10 will deactivate WD on its own when it detects another real-time security installation.
4). Finally note that this review concentrates on one particular form of malware. To determine real world effectiveness only time (and subsequent broader-based testing) will tell.
