DefenseWall 2.45 Intro Review On YouTube
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I uploaded the DefenseWall 2.45 Intro Review on YouTube today. DefenseWall is a HIPS Antimalware Product (Host Intrustion Prevention System) from SoftSphere (Ilya Rabinovich). This is the first HIPS product i’ve ever tested and it left me with a very [...]
SuperAntiSpyware Detection and Removal Video. Nov Test 2.
Due to the fact that I forgot to update SAS Pro on my last video test I decided to redo the November test. I’m amazed at how fast and effective SASPro is. I’m eagerly awaiting version 4.22.
…if they would only stop using that Windows installer!!! I WANT SAFEMODE INSTALL CAPABILITIES!!!
SASPro [...]
Malwarebytes Full - Review Coming This Weekend
I’d like to thank Marcin over at Malwarebytes.org for giving me a copy of Malwarebytes Full for my test this weekend. I’m currently loading it right now and should have a review out by tomorrow (not sure what time).
Speaking of Malwarebytes…I’m going to do another review of Malwarebytes Full and SuperAntiSpyware Pro running at the [...]
I’m on a testing spree…
I’ve been checking out over a dozen new anti-malware applications this week and the results are pretty disappointing…except for one gem! I’ll still be reviewing every application in an effort to help the application developers with improved detection and removal capabilities.
My next post will be detailed list of how I clean and protect my [...]
Future Reviews and Requests - Add Yours Now!
This Week:
AVG Internet Security
PC Tools Internet Security
Future:
Dr. Web
Twister AV
Comodo Internet Security
Mcafee Internet Security 2009
Trend Micro Internet Security 2009
Sophos Antivirus
Norman Antivirus
Ad-aware Pro
Drive Sentry
Agnitum Outpost Pro Security Suite
F-Prot
Spybot Search and Destroy
Rising Antivirus
Notes:
Please remember that I only review product detection and removal abilities. If you want me to review something please add it as a comment.
Upcoming Reviews
I’m working on 2 reviews right now:
PC Tools Internet Security - lots of requests for this one. Expect this review by Friday.
AVG Internet Security - is it any better than AVG Free? Expect this review by Sunday.
I’m a little behind on the reviews because I was out of town on business.
My New Anti-Malware Product Rating System
Let’s face it. I’m not testing these applications on a point-by-point basis and I honestly have no idea how much malware exists during each test….so I needed to come up with a new rating system…a more “non-techicnical, tell ya like it really is” rating system.
So, here is what I came up with:
Products that are [...]
HiJackThis Log For Anti-Malware Product Reviews
As I work on the F-Secure review I thought I’d introduce HiJackThis logs before and after. Here is the current HijackThis Log for this (current) infected PC:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:53:31 AM, on 9/26/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe
C:\WINDOWS\shell.exe
C:\WINDOWS\wpopejyl.exe
C:\Program Files\NetProject\scit.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\SystemDefender\SystemDefender.exe
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware [...]
Sunbelt Has Approached Me!
Wow, I was kinda blown away today when Sunbelt Software sent me an email asking me if I wanted to review Vipre!!! Of course I said Yes! Sunbelt has also subscribed to my youtube channel….isn’t that so cool?!?!?
Anyway, I’m testing Vipre right now and I’ll try to provide everyone with a comprehensive review.
Check out Sunbelts [...]
The People Have Spoken! Bit Defender Review Next
Many thanks to all who voted! I’ll be posting this Bit Defender Review by this Sunday August 31st (keep in mind it may be sooner, it just depends on my client load this week). Due to popular demand Firefox will be demo’d in the reviews going forward (as well as IE).
