Detection Question

just curious....so wonder if anyone have a good explanation

see AV comperatives doc here

http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/docs...ot_2012a_en.pdf

the question is... when GData / Bullguard / F-Secure all use Bitdefender virus engine, why dont they all have identical detection ?

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Lionet

just curious....so wonder if anyone have a good explanation

see AV comperatives doc here

http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/docs...ot_2012a_en.pdf

the question is... when GData / Bullguard / F-Secure all use Bitdefender virus engine, why dont they all have identical detection ?

Hi pondus,

Welcome on the forum!

Simply because they add their own gimmick to add some flavor to fill in the other part of the anti-malware soft (with a common business agreement from BD for the AV product).

However, I'm afraid it's not a good idea to discuss about competitors,

forum rules

Regards,

pondus

Hi pondus,

Welcome on the forum!

Simply because they add their own gimmick to add some flavor to fill in the other part of the anti-malware soft (with a common business agreement from BD for the AV product).

However, I'm afraid it's not a good idea to discuss about competitors,

forum rules

Regards,

L.

OK thanks

when you say gimmick... does that mean the difference are in the no signature detections..like generic/heuristic and all have there own way of doing this?

Charyb

Hi Pondus,

This thread will probably be locked. Unfortunately, rules are more strict here than on other forums discussing comparatives.

Please read here, very informative -> http://www.bitdefender.com/media/materials..._control_wp.pdf

Also here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitDefender

Check B-HAVE which has been around since 2006. Behavior analysis in virtualized environment. Has had time to matur.e - 6 years.

Active virus control, introduced in 2010:

Active Virus Control

Incorporated in the 2010 product suites, Bitdefender introduced another technology, Active Virus Control, in August 2009.[13]

it continuously monitors each program [14] (specific processes) running on the PC, as it executes, and it notes any malware-like actions. Each of these actions is scored and when a given threshold is reached, the process is reported as harmful. Unlike heuristic technologies that check executable files when they are accessed or first started, Active Virus Control monitors everything applications do as long as they are active. Because of this approach, Active Virus Control is considered a third layer of defense.

Charyb

Didn't have time to finish. I think you are given 7 minutes until a post can no longer be edited.

I would say that B-HAVE and Active Virus Control are the main reasons.

Bitdefender releases definitions consistently around the clock. Usually every hour or two.

Also, some other great features are usb immunizer, trafficlight, safepay (isolated desktop with virtualized browser), and the ability to surf with browser sandboxed.

pondus

Didn't have time to finish. I think you are given 7 minutes until a post can no longer be edited.

I would say that B-HAVE and Active Virus Control are the main reasons.

Bitdefender releases definitions consistently around the clock. Usually every hour or two.

Also, some other great features are usb immunizer, trafficlight, safepay (isolated desktop with virtualized browser), and the ability to surf with browser sandboxed.

ok so now i know how Bitdefender works....but that did not answer my question

do those vendors that license bitdefender engine only buy the engine and signatures....but the rest they have to design themselfe and that is why there is a differense in detection?

rootkit

Hello

All our partners receive the engines(including the heuristic ones) + our hourly updates. The rest of the technologies are unique, both on our side as well on their.

That's why in some cases, there are some differences between the detections.

As Lionet mentioned earlier, this topic will be closed because we do not talk on the forums regarding comparative tests.

Have a great weekend!