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Very interesting discuss around here....I quite MSE because on my own opinion they rely too much on the minded end-users and are expecting them to be responsable of their acts and therefore having take upstream wariness to their OS install, though everybody should.....The definition of what files deserve to be flagged matters to the detection rate test (File Detection) because those tests include files not prevalent the wild.
The test that you cited via that PDF is totally different. Those rely heavily on MSE's heuristics - which I've already said is poor. Very poor.
Back to the discussion on MSE's detection rate:
More from John's Book:
MS: "...94 percent of the malware samples not detected during the test didn't impact our customers."Malware is often categorized based on where it's located. Malware is said to be in the wild if it's actively spreading or otherwise functioning on anyone's computer. Malware not in the wild, which only exists in malware collections and anti-virus research labs, is in the zoo. Accurately determining whether malware is actually in the wild requires omniscience in the general case, so an approximation is used. An organization called the WildList Organization. has a worldwide membership of anti-virus experts who verify malware occurrences and report their data, which is combined to form the WildList, a (presumably close) approximation of the malware in the wild at any given time. Malware on the WildList is confusingly referred to as being In the Wild (ItW). As Figure 10.2 shows, this means that malware can be in the wild but not In the Wild, but something In the Wild must be in the wild. Hopefully that clarifies things. An argument can be made, from an engineering point of view, that the only threats that need to be detected are those that are in the wild, since anything in the zoo cannot pose a direct threat. Anti-virus software could potentially be made smaller and faster by only detecting malware in the wild, whose numbers can be several orders of magnitude lower than the total number of threats. From a marketing point of view, however, this would be a bad idea. If company A advertises that they protect against 100,000 threats, and company B's product only guards against 500 threats - even if they're really the only ones that are in the wild - then company B is at a competitive disadvantage.
Here is one (of many) responses claiming that the testing companies know best what is in the wild.
Microsoft's market share is #1 in North America & #4 World Wide. This puts them in a position to know what is in the wild. I just wish they would flag more of what they know about... like Conduit.
You are not going to find an AV product the gets along with Windows, drivers and other apps as well as MSE does. That said, it can be claimed this is because MSE does so little
While troubleshooting Windows issues, MSE will still be the recommendation of many here. People can go back to using whatever AV tool makes them happy once their issue is solved.
NoN, any more BSOD issuses?
@UsernameIssues, to answer at your request "any more BSOD issuses?".
No, not a single BSOD related to Bitdefender AV Plus 2014 since i mentioned in my first install five days ago. It seems having settle down quite well on the OS and doesn't bother me too much with popping windows.
I can Quick Scan & Full Scan now quietly. I would recommend before creating an exclusion list, to run a full scan!
I didn't have to apply the recommended Bitdefender support MS hotfix: kb2664888. My system was far more up to date with that file. The Bitdefender Forum have quick solutions to little probs at install.
Sometimes when on websites tagged by their engine, the "SafePay" bitdefender pop window appears. Their very tiny toolbar is hidden most of the time and i haven't bump onto a potential malicious web site as now.
With the "Wallet" that permit you to retain automated credentials, its entirely up to you entering your password at logon start-up, so it doesn't annoy you til' you decide enter in the "wallet" program with your password. That's cool!!
Real Time Protection make itself discrete.
I like their UI and it reminds me the AI Suite II mid & dark-grey colors kind of and MSE Green color either. Both melted is quite enjoyable to eyes!!
Well, will see further in time!:)
Last edited by NoN; 04 May 2014 at 12:09. Reason: typo
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