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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 89360" data-source="post: 927954">Well I might be a bit late to join the YouTube test discussion, but here is my opinion.I am specifically interested only in evasive and interesting malware. For me to &quot;like&quot; a sample it must have a very low detection rate on VT, which may have become known from various posts I have created here.I have tested WiseVector against plethora of such malware and it has always detected all samples I have thrown at it.&nbsp; For example when I discovered the fileless RATs repository, which contained more than 100 ultra-evasive threats, some top-tier paid products didn&#039;t block a single one of them, WiseVector blocked them all even without submission. Same can be said about many other samples I have discovered.Regarding the claims that it can only be used as a second-tier antivirus, maybe some users haven&#039;t noticed that WV doesn&#039;t register itself in WSC, which means that MD (at the very least) will be running alongside WV. At this stage the feature set of WV is very basic and I don&#039;t believe it has been designed to be your security be-all end-all, though with some additional work in the form of browser plug-ins, etc., it can easily be transformed into that.We should also keep in mind that Norton and Trend Micro are paid products and WiseVector at this stage is still free.Regarding the PUP detection, what&#039;s considered a PUP is very subjective. To me personally, any non-top-notch software is a PUP and I will never install it. Any bundlers may or may not be considered PUP. The PUP subject is very sensitive and causes lengthy discussions + numerous emails from vendors. This has caused many companies to be very careful as to what they classify as PUP and this can be easily noticed even in products such as Kaspersky and Bitdefender. These companies know very well what&#039;s potentially unwanted, but there are other legal reasons behind their decision not to remove certain programs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 89360, post: 927954"] Well I might be a bit late to join the YouTube test discussion, but here is my opinion. I am specifically interested only in evasive and interesting malware. For me to "like" a sample it must have a very low detection rate on VT, which may have become known from various posts I have created here. I have tested WiseVector against plethora of such malware and it has always detected all samples I have thrown at it. For example when I discovered the fileless RATs repository, which contained more than 100 ultra-evasive threats, some top-tier paid products didn't block a single one of them, WiseVector blocked them all even without submission. Same can be said about many other samples I have discovered. Regarding the claims that it can only be used as a second-tier antivirus, maybe some users haven't noticed that WV doesn't register itself in WSC, which means that MD (at the very least) will be running alongside WV. At this stage the feature set of WV is very basic and I don't believe it has been designed to be your security be-all end-all, though with some additional work in the form of browser plug-ins, etc., it can easily be transformed into that. We should also keep in mind that Norton and Trend Micro are paid products and WiseVector at this stage is still free. Regarding the PUP detection, what's considered a PUP is very subjective. To me personally, any non-top-notch software is a PUP and I will never install it. Any bundlers may or may not be considered PUP. The PUP subject is very sensitive and causes lengthy discussions + numerous emails from vendors. This has caused many companies to be very careful as to what they classify as PUP and this can be easily noticed even in products such as Kaspersky and Bitdefender. These companies know very well what's potentially unwanted, but there are other legal reasons behind their decision not to remove certain programs. [/QUOTE]

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