Zoner Antivirus - April Fool's Day?

[Shadowra]

Hello

I was hanging out on the web, and I saw this antivirus. It is Zoner, an antivirus that comes from Czech Republic.
Cool, I'll start testing it right away!

Cool interface, I like but why do you detect KVRT and especially YOUR INSTALLER as a threat? !!!!

Spoiler: Zoner UI

Well I ignore and download different malware.
Zoner starts ringing again... (ZIP has a password)

Spoiler: Zoner Alert

I extract malware... I can't scan right click... No reaction during extraction...
I can tell you that it was a butchery...

Spoiler: Finish

Do NOT use Zoner Antivirus to protect yourself!

 

[M4RT1NE2]

Is this the Czech famous security software ????

 

[M4RT1NE2]

They have no idea about security.
But respect for Škoda Auto

 

[Jengo]

Virus Bulletin :: Most free Android anti-virus 'useless', find testers

AV-Test comparative sees minimal value in free mobile protection.

www.virusbulletin.com

 

[M4RT1NE2]

It's not April Fool's Day.
I saw the COMSS test recently.
A failure

 

[Shadowra]

It's not April Fool's Day.
I saw the COMSS test recently.
A failure

Yep I saw it too, I chose this title because proposing an antivirus like that is a big joke

 

[M4RT1NE2]

People cannot be misled by offering them such safeguards.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Virus Bulletin :: Most free Android anti-virus 'useless', find testers

AV-Test comparative sees minimal value in free mobile protection.

www.virusbulletin.com

The article is from 2011, have things improved since then, or gotten worse, that at least using a free AV is still better than none at all?

 

[M4RT1NE2]

The latest test proves not to use it

 

[Jengo]

The latest test proves not to use it

Thats what i mean, how can even in a 2011 test ZonerAntinothing be advised ? Or maybe they gone downhill.

 

[M4RT1NE2]

Thats what i mean, how can even in a 2011 test ZonerAntinothing be advised ? Or maybe they gone downhill.

It is a perfect dummy which pretends to be a security measure. I have nothing against the Czech state.

 

[ShenguiTurmi]

I tried their software in 2019 when they emailed me to tell me they came out with a new version of Beta
I don't know how to describe it, but it FP a bunch of open source software on my computer. For example shadowsocks,phpmyadmin,nghttp2,kcptun,libsodium
Also, the first time I saw an antivirus "quarantine" was to move it to the recycle bin...... I don't know if they have made improvements now after 5 years, but I think their windows version is much worse than the android version, which I have been using.

Spoiler: FP

Spoiler: "quarantine"

 

[ErzCrz]

What others have said, it is a AV but originally a mobile AV, one of the initial ones that came out

 

[Zorro]

According to the developers of this antivirus themselves, you should use it without turning off Windows Defender. But if the Windows defender will work for you, then why do you need this "additional ballast"?

 

[Zorro]

I think that Symantec Norton should buy this antivirus, in pair with Avast.

 

[Jengo]

I think that Symantec Norton should buy this antivirus, in pair with Avast.

Norton is not from Symantec anymore, Norton belongs to LifeLock
Symantec is a different company.

 

[Jengo]

Placebo Antivirus

 

[oldschool]

But respect for Škoda Auto

Which reminds me that after WWII the Soviet Union stole designs from various western automakers. See #10 in the linked page.

The Copycat Cars Of The U.S.S.R.

Industry loomed large in the race for influence between the West and the Soviet Union, symbolizing power and the ability to create, innovate, and carry the world into the future. But while the Soviets held their own and in some cases bettered their capitalist rivals in some fields -- such as...

www.rferl.org

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Czech beer though ... AV not so good!

 

[Jonny Quest]

Czech beer though ... AV not so good!

This used to be one of my favorites.