Comments on: HTTPS interception: What Emsisoft customers need to know

By: Laser_Beam

Laser_Beam — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:36:00 +0000

Well done on taking the proper stance and not following the current, very bad trend.

By: TheSeeker11

TheSeeker11 — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:31:00 +0000

In reply to Christian. Many thanks for the detailed response.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:14:00 +0000

In reply to TheSeeker11. Windows Defender doesn't detect Unwanted Programs (PUPs) at all and lacks a good Behavior Blocker for brand new threats. It's meant to be a very basic protection only. Basic in terms of it focuses on the most wide spread threats, but not on the millions of customized attacks on individual machines. It's certainly better than nothing but still far away from the average level of well-established antivirus vendors.

By: Andres

Andres — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:05:00 +0000

In reply to TheSeeker11. Not really. Windows Defender has a lower detection rate than "real" antiviruses, in virtually every test.

By: TheSeeker11

TheSeeker11 — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:31:00 +0000

“Once in a while, even the best security experts make unintended clicks on a bad file or on the wrong checkbox during a setup that installs a PUP when they are in a hurry- and regret it the second after. Antivirus software is your safety net for those (hopefully) rare situations.”

Is Windows Defender not enough for such situations?