What are Reddit's favorite Anti-Malware Apps?
AdGuard
AV-Comparatives.org
NextDNS
AdwCleaner
Any.Run
MalwareFox Anti-Malware
Comodo Internet Security
Microsoft Defender
Junkware Removal Tool
360 Total Security
RogueKiller
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Rootkit Hunter
herdProtect
Dr.Web CureIt!
ESET Online Scanner
McAfee Labs Stinger
Metiix Blockade
BitNinja.io
SecureAPlus
ThreatFire
Comodo Cleaning Essentials
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Dr.Web LiveDisk
AVZ Antiviral Toolkit
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
Zemana AntiMalware
Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+
Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus
CacheGuard-OS
Reason Antivirus
Top Reddit reviews mentioning Anti-Malware Apps:
To be fair Windows Defender has typically scored very low in anti-virus certifications the last few years. As you can see on AV-Comparatives last annual test (page 9), Windows Defender did worse across the board than even McAfee.
A few years back Microsoft had this to say (emphasis mine):
> "We’re providing all of that data and information to our partners so they can do at least as well as we are," she said. "The natural progression is that we will always be on the bottom of these tests. And honestly, if we are doing our job correctly, that’s what will happen."
> She added that Microsoft wants "everyone to do better than us because we know that makes it harder for the bad guys".
Yeah, this post is humorous but Defender is actually a great choice for users who understand what they are clicking on.
Source: https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-june-2018/
Wait OP!
This thread is about to be bombarded with anecdotal experiences and subjective feelings and “Well, I’ve always been happy with...”
Don’t accept that mostly-useless information. We actually have very detailed benchmarks for antivirus and there’s no point in relying on anecdotes for antivirus in 2018.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/comparatives-reviews/
You’ll be most interested in Performance. And yes, Defender is one of the worst for performance. Microsoft did a lot of good stuff, but very little for performance.
I uploaded the file to any.run and it seems like it downloads and executes a RAT. OP if you are reading this check for C:\Users*yourusername*\avrt\assignedaccessproviderevents.exe.exe also run a Windows Defender and MalwareBytes scan just to make sure :)
Also don't ask why I opened Chrome in the middle of the sim lol
DNS adblocking. Never have to worry about it.
You can go here on changing your DNS to block ads
Or if you want to go a different route, research Pi-hole
Edit: You can configure your router to cover all devices or do it individually. I'm able to configure it on my cellular network also
I suggest an app like Adguard Pro that implements a system-wide ad blocker. I've been able to play a lot of freemium games that would have otherwise shown a full-screen advertisement either after or in the middle of its gameplay.
Er... you should seriously look into that and see if cmd isn't executing malicious code. Living off the Land viruses are definitely the new rage. In fact, emotet Ultra Popular Malware at the moment hops through cmd.exe first to launch powershell. Honestly, I'd check C:/Windows/Prefetch/) and see if Powershell didn't get fired recently
MS seem to be aware of the problem, so if you have telemetry on and Avast/AVG installed, MS should be able to delay 1803 upgrades.
Before people start preaching Windows Defender for all use cases, outside of this (admittedly, pretty bad) edge case, 3rd party AVs still seem to have superior numbers. Better protection, better performance and less false positives.
Main upsides of Windows Defender are:
- guaranteed compatibility with feature upgrades
- not having a paid version to advertise
- having the biggest userbase (more data for cloud protection).
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-april-2018-factsheet/
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-april-2018/
Also, this is a post about a news article about posts from this subreddit. We've come full circle.
The links are all the same.
File detection: https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/avc_fdt_201609_en.pdf
Windows Defender is dead last. However, context is kind of important since dead last still only means one percent were missed, with the best being only a tenth of that. That's 99% versus 99.9%.
Can't be bothered going through the rest. Point is that calling it "hot garbage" is, at best, disingenuous.
> AdGuard is made by a Russian company
If that's the only "bad" thing you can remember, we are doing quite well :)
Originally, AG was a Russian company indeed. However, we've currently in process of transitioning the HQ to Cyprus. The choice was obvious as the privacy laws in EU are quite more advanced comparing to other countries; meanwhile, Russia and the US are both moving in another direction. The development team is mostly located in Moscow; also, there are people from Poland, Ukraine, South Korea and Slovakia on the team.
> so I'd be cautious about installing it and letting it intercept all of your web traffic - especially https.
That's understandable. You should be cautious with any app doing it regardless of its origin.
A few points:
- AG is not a no-name app, you know who's behind it
- We've been developing AdGuard for years and we've earned our reputation by being open and not doing anything shady
- Every bit of the information used by AG is described in the privacy policy
> Check out DNS66 which is a free version but is open source.
DNS66 is a great app indeed! It is not a full-scale ad blocker as AG, but it's sufficient for blocking most of the ads. Being an open source is also a good thing. We can't afford to open the source code of a paid app, but we do it for all our free products (browser extension, AG content blocker, AG for iOS, etc).
Eh, only stating that he needs to be able to substantiate his claim as what he is saying is rather flat and can be read as hearsay. (E: Ok, hearsay might not be the right word for it, but I hope that it gets my opinion across.)
AV-Test does alright with its criteria, but AV-Compare I feel does a more thorough comparison (even though it might not be the most current at times).
Whether or not the AVs in question are better than MS' is a slightly different discussion.
But you are right, MS' does have the highest performance hit (p10) while having one of the lowest detection rates. So that does takes my post from scholarly advise to calling him out I suppose.
try running anti-malware software too, just in case (Windows Defender is free and should be running), if not red flag. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/comprehensive-security
"I accidentally installed a virus."
No worries, that is the intended method of installation. The virus should work just fine.
EDIT: Anyways, if Malwarebytes didn't get it and you're already at the point of considering a reinstall. Try Junkware Removal Tool and AdwCleaner.
Time to re-read https://www.reddit.com/r/steam/wiki/secureyouraccount as a checklist to see if you missed a step. Also while users have their preference, all AV/AM are not equal and you better go with 5 star ones.
AV-comparitives ^(PDF) found Microsoft to do about as well as any third party vendor. They last released a report this August.
According to the independent org, AV Comparitives, it's actually pretty mediocre where security is concerned. Of the AV solutions they tested it had the second worst rate for preventing vulnerabilities, with a block rate of 98.4% where all but ESET and Total Defense hard 99+%. Their performance testing does agree that ESET is lightweight on end user devices though.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2019/ https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-april-2019/
Quick and easy solution to prevent this is to:
- set up an account at https://nextdns.io/ (no affiliation to me, I have a samsung tv and did this)
- Go to the "Privacy" tab and under "Native Tracking Protection" choose "Samsung"
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Now you'll not get these shitty ads on your tv.
As a European citizen, Discord Inc. is required by law to declare whether or not they can plant trackers, or use cookies for that matter. This is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If Discord fails to declare the things I mentioned, Discord Inc. will have the European Union on their arse.
And the European Union will ban Discord Inc. from providing a service in Europe.
This is how the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection enforces violations against GDPR.
Besides, ads can be easily blocked with an adblocker, preferably AdGuard.
IMO: use something to block urls on your shield... be it a pihole, your router or via dns filter rules.. then block this:
*.androidtvwatsonfe-pa.googleapis.com
Clear cache/data for Android TV and you'll get the generic Youtube and Google Play Store ad to cycle indefinitely.
I use Nextdns.io which has the ability to create a "denylist".. then I use the nextdns app on my shield which forces all the dns traffic thru nextdns.io and thus blocks the above url. Has worked since google enabled the new UI flag.
I use 1Blocker X and with their recent update, 1Blocker supports blocking ads on YouTube (if you're playing a video in Safari). The premium version also has a Firewall feature that blocks ads and trackers system-wide. But at least on my 4-year-old 8 Plus, it drains a lot of battery.
Some other options that you may want to consider:
- NextDNS: Has a free and also a paid plan. You can customise what gets blocked on NextDNS website.
- Pi-Hole: Not free (you'd need to invest some money upfront in a Raspberry Pi) but it'll probably be cheaper in the long run. Very customisable and there's a subreddit where you'll get lots of help with blocking rules, etc.
- Adguard: The free version offers some really good features IMO. You can choose which filters get enabled. However, if you want DNS protection (for full system ad-blocking), you need to get the premium plan. They offer a version of AdGuard DNS for free but AFAIK, it's a cut-down version of the one offered to AdGuard Premium users.
In Firefox, I can limit certain sites or a group of them to their own sandbox, kinda like their own incognito window.
This way I can keep big tech out of my Reddit, work and other things for example. It obviously can't prevent 100% tracking, but that's not what it's meant to do anyway, but it does a reasonable job of keeping various aspects of life separate in a way.
Also ad blocking and extension support in general is very very limited in Safari. Adguard wrote an extensive post about this : https://adguard.com/en/blog/youtube-ads-in-safari-explained.html
Safari is alright for a standard baked in browser, but it's not ideal really. Also it's not cross compatible and the developer options are all over the place to be frank. Firefox is really nice in that regards.
Give https://nextdns.io/ a try. System wide configurable ad blocking, and it uses the iOS built in DNS provider feature.
Very short explanation: your DNS requests go through NextDNS, when your phone requests an ad ("I'd like to load nastyad.adserver.scammyshit.com!") NextDNS replies with "sorry that page doesn't exist okbye!"
If they go through with this, just set your DNS to Adguard DNS or do ad blocking in your router and use a VPN to your home (e.g., Wireguard). The advantage of doing this is that ad blocking is provided to all your devices.
Shout out to the wonderful AV-Comparatives that has long been the source of knowledge on AV results and performance. Here's their most recent Real-World Protection Test: https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/avc_prot_2017a_en.pdf
Top honors to the highest ranking ones this period:
- Bitdefender
- Panda
- Tencent
- Kaspersky Lab
- Symantec
- VIPRE
- Avast
- AVG
- AVIRA
Many of these are free products and not from a known cyber-attacking country like Russia (or the US).
Something everyone should know: Adguard DNS https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
You can set it up on any device or even your router at home and it will block ads directly on your network. Not sure if it works with youtube ads though.
Putin: "Use Kaspersky antivirus, it has the lowest false positives rate." /s
Yes, Malwarebytes is solid. This guy is wrong. You absolutely should use anti-malware if you aren't very knowledgeable with computers, Windows Defender is not as good as the better ones out there like Avast, BitDefender or Malwarebytes.
Yes, they are annoying and if you know what you are doing and security isn't a huge deal for you, then you can get away without using them. But just being smart still won't leave you fully protected.
I am a programmer and I'll tell you there are tons of threats that someone doing everything right might encounter and Windows Defender won't spot. I don't use them personally with full-time protection, but I have it installed.
One of the issues with these newer web-based Node.js/npm applications out there is they use dozens, if not hundreds of outside dependencies, which themselves use dozens more and are constantly updating. If anywhere in that dependency chain gets injected with malware, everything using it could get infected as well (which I suspect might be what's happening in this case).
MSE/Defender works but is far from a "top performing" antivirus. It usually lands between the bottom and middle of the industry for catch and false positive rates. The main benefit I see is being included in windows, having a small footprint, and not bothering users too often compared to some other antiviruses.
Here's one of many sources to support the mid-tier catch rates (check page 8): https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/avc_prot_2017a_en.pdf
The management also relies on SCCM and Intune, which while not a dealbreaker does add to complexity to get the management features of other antiviruses.
DNS-based adblockers, they work system-wide. I use NextDNS https://nextdns.io/. All you have to do is change your DNS in your WiFi settings and then link your IP address on their website. You can also download the app if you want it to work on cellular data too, it’ll install a VPN profile. Last time I checked, they had 78 ad filter lists to choose from. Don’t enable all of them though unless you want a lot of false-positives and have to spend some time looking through the logs to figure out what domains you don’t want to block and whitelisting them. If the filter lists that you chose don’t block ads on Twitch, just manually blacklist cdn-a.amazon-adsystem.com. That worked for me.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-march-2019-factsheet/
Honestly, it's a waste of money. PS, the line graph in this composite is referring to false positives, not anti-virus effectiveness.
I'm here before the inevitable flood of brainlets thinking they're smart and saying to use Windows Defender, or even worse, Le Common Sense 2018 xDdd.
Windows Defender has the worst performance impact.
It also has relatively high false positives and is vulnerable to any malware that runs as administrator as it doesn't have a proper self defence module. Before you say some shit like just don't run shit as admin, think about installers. CCleaner once was compromised and had a malware infected installer on their official site. Obviously you'd run that as administrator as it's expected and trusted.
If you want a good, free option, use Bitdefender or pirate Avast (it's stupidly simple and completely safe to do). If you're looking for something paid, get Kaspersky or Emsisoft.
You can set your dns to one that blocks trackers and ads. Keweon is what I recommend but there's alternatives like adguards (both do not log/ track). Just set your vpn or computer or whatever to use the dns.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/keweon-privacy-online-security-t3681139
AdGuard DNS. No need for app, system wide. It doesn't block internal ads, though (YouTube ads inside app, Reddit ads inside app, Facebook ads). It does block all other ads (like in-game ads, 3rd party ad syndication) system wide.
It consistently ranks last in real world protection tests. I would not rely on it.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/avc_factsheet2016_09.pdf
Avast or Avira are 2 free alternatives that offer much better detection rates. Why take the risk?
OpenDNS lo eviterei come la peste per la loro politica di logging aggressivo.Volendo c'è https://nextdns.io/ che fa circa quello che fa PiHole e, la versione base, è pure gratuita e sta in cloud. C'è da dire che io per privacy mi tengo pihole che punta ad un'istanza di dnscrypt locale, così manco il mio ISP sa che domini sto cercando
Congratulations, the Z Play will be an awesome upgrade from the iPhone 6.
The Z Play gives you a pretty pure Android experience.
If you haven't used the phone much, upgrade to the latest 7.1.1 version and possibly do a factory reset after in order to avoid any issue (there shouldn't be any of you don't, though).
Give the Moto features a shot: chop chop for flashlight and wrist twist for camera are awesome and hard to live without once you get used to them. I likely already noticed Moto Display and its "Jedi Mode" (wave for Moto Display).
The Google Launcher is deprecated and will no longer receive updates, so try a better launcher. Most people (including myself) love Nova Launcher (enable Google Now integration by installing the little helper app it tells you to install).
Then explore the Play Store and get some of the apps that make all the iOS fans jealous.
PocketCasts for podcasts is brilliant.
There is an ample selection of excellent Reddit clients available on Android, almost too many to choose from. I personally love Boost for Reddit, but Relay for Reddit and Sync for Reddit are also excellent.
You can sideload things from off the Play Store as well, check out AdGuard as easily the best adblocker for Android (free for browsers, paid if you want to filter all apps).
Try an automation app. Autoset is cheap and easy to used.
Above all: have fun.
Not true. You can block ads to any device on your network with a pi-hole or something similar.
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Apparently with pi-hole you can pair it to a VPN and when your phone is on VPN it will also block ads, even on cellular network when you're away from your home wifi.
https://www.av-comparatives.org does in-depth analysis of different AV softwares. Some that consistently perform well in lab testing are; Avast, AVG, AVIRA, Bitdefender, ESET, Kaspersky Lab and Panda. There are others, and different ones perform better in different scenarios. Windows defender generally underperforms most other third-party software.
There are people who claim that AVs aren't necessary if you actively monitor your browsing and don't compromise yourself which is true to a degree, but that assumes you make virtually no compromises to the security of your machine or mistakes in regards to browsing and connection habits.
Ideally you do your best to maintain the integrity of your operating environment through secure practices (security policies, firewall configuration, system and network monitoring, supplementary software, safe browsing habits and etc.) and Antivirus software helps to filter whatever gets through the cracks. Most people skip the first part, so the AV plays a more critical role.
It does not.
~~Also, this app no longer gets updates due to changes in Apple’s policy with “fake vpn” apps. Details here.~~
Edit: As pointed out by /u/Squalor- there is a planned update but they will likely be removing the system-wide ad blocking feature.
You could set your Xbox‘s DNS server to AdGuard DNS to (at least) block the pictures of the Ad-Tiles, but the empty boxes will stay unfortunately.
You can follow this guide for AdGuard.
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
As for the web browser, if you’re using chrome, switch to something that allows add ons and add uBlock Origin, like Firefox. That’ll take care of most of them. Unfortunately the Android in app browser is based on Chrome. AdGuard DNS will block the ads but it’ll be big blank spots where they can’t load. Beats having a hundred ads though.
If you’re using iPhone though, just download the AdGuard app and follow the instructions therein, as well as the AdGuard DNS instructions on the site I provided and use Safari rather than Chrome.
You can look at a comparison here. The free built in AV from Microsoft had a fair placing with 99.5% protection, but got dragged down because of "user dependent" problems. They were tied in second place for number of compromises, which are infections that the AV never caught. User dependent means that the user will be warned, but still allowed to install after clicking "install anyway" or something similar. There are several antiviruses that place better even though the have more infections that are not caught at all because of this.
My opinion: As long as you don't think you know better than your AV, just use the free one from Microsoft.
NextDNS is founded by Director Engineering of Netflix and Ex-CTO of DailyMotion.
Their privacy policy is here: https://nextdns.io/privacy
They are listed on: https://www.privacytools.io/#adblocking
The only limit is that the free plan is limited to 300k queries a month which is more than enough for me. They are very transparent about everything and I've been using since the early days (when there was no paid plan), no issue whatsoever.
Create your own profile via the Apple configurator, then use the native DNS function in iOS14 - all ads gone everywhere (well, everywhere I've needed them to be gone).
A+ title, lol.
What you're looking for is this: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
Blocks ads through every app on your device and has many filters to choose from (which also get constantly updated).
Want no ads for free without having to install anything? If you are a private user (i.e. not a corporation - costs involved) all you need to do is set your DNS Server to point to Adguard. Takes 30 seconds and you'll never look back
Yes, it's a false positive. The detected file is a benign Google terms and conditions file. Sandbox video: WDATP_File_Sample_eec6ebcbd8f725cfbd38240197f6b8e03d9d6139.zip (MD5: B60660A86741F5B932B53441C9D81829) - Interactive analysis - ANY.RUN
BTW W10 comes with anti-virus software, it's called Defender. There is no need to install anything additional. Make sure Defender is running and make sure your Windows Firewall is enabled.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/comprehensive-security
I would agree with most everything you said, however, regarding Safari...
> But extensions are missing, for example Dark Reader.
Safari does have a very sparse extension ecosystem, but Dark Reader happens to be available. It's a paid extension for Safari though.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dark-reader-for-safari/id1438243180
> Ad Blockers have 50000 rules limit
A lot of developers of ad blockers are getting around this limit by bundling multiple content blockers in their app. You get 50k rules with each blocker.
Here is AdGuard describing how they are going to do it on iOS: https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-3-0-for-ios-beta.html
They plan to ship five content blockers, which will enable up to 250k rules.
There is Adguard for Android: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html (I believe there is also an IAP, but I don't remember because I haven't used Android in 3 months)
Edit: OH SHIT! How could I forget about Opera! Opera VPN is completely free, and blocks ads AND trackers. And if you're going to use Opera VPN, Try Opera's new browser as it also blocks ads. (Both apps available on iOS and Android)
You can adblock without root, but it's an ugly solution, using the built in VPN framework from android.
You install an app like Adguard, which doesn't connect to an external VPN server, but just routes all traffic to the app itself, which will filter out all ad traffic.
I've used them all, and the thing is they all change over time, not just that, but each has it's own sets of strengths and weaknesses, so I honestly suggest instead of asking here you read AV Comparitives. You also need to keep in mind what kind of regulatory compliance you might fall under, HIPAA, PCI, etc.
That being said, due to some recent issues with questions about foreign spy infiltration of AV vendors like Kaspersky, I would suggest favoring same country vendor, eg, USA vendor if you are in the USA.
I would also suggest considering MBAM business in your list, not a pure traditional AV replacement, but a more practical approach to protection.
Those combined with a HIDS like OSSEC and a bit of hardening with EMET 5.5 should give a good baseline defense.
Update: I gave my computer a scan with my antivirus (360 Total Security), and it said "New" command in the right-click menu has been deleted. I just clicked on the resolve button and it seems to have restored it for me.
I have no idea how it could possibly could have been deleted (if anyone knows, please comment) but it seems to be fixed now.
What are you using to get your streams from? the /r/soccerstreams threads play fine if you choose something with a proper or low MISR for your internet isp capacity (adaptive ones work best) and meant for mobile. If you need adblocking set a adblocking dns just for the games for your xbox networking settings or even on the router. I use 176.103.130.132 and 176.103.130.134 from https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html Even the strange english ones from India or France with english commentary (Sony TEN or RTE) After the games are over remove the dns setting or default them to normal (your call on how safe you think they are)
You should not install the AdGuard AdBlocker extension because it overlaps the functionality and is no use. You should install the AdGuard Browser Assistant plugin. https://adguard.com/en/adguard-assistant/overview.html
This plugin integrates with your AdGuard desktop software and can control some basic actions.
Currently using AdGuard's DNS. I needed something more reliable than my ISP's DNS and it has some more advantages. It's quite fast and filters some ad/malware related domains. Plus they promise no logging. https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
That used to be the case, yes. It was so bad that AV Comparatives dropped it from their reports for a while. That's been fixed for quite a while now:
AV Comparatives does a regular tool-review/analysis here: https://www.av-comparatives.org/mac-security-reviews/
> "I'm currently running a Macbook Pro with El Capitan"
If it's capable of running Sierra.. you should update it. Major releases of macOS contains lots of security fixes. NOT updating and expecting 3rd party products to protect you is a little faulty logic.
As others have said.... scanning with Malwarebytes is a good start. "CCleaner for OSX" is also good (although it's not an Anti-infection tool.. it's just a Disk/Temp cleaner.. but still a good idea)
Many of the large vendors offer free scanning tools. I'd look at ESET, Sophos, ClamXav, BitDefender, Comodo, Mcafee (Intel),
Before you remove adguard app, I would disable or pause it. Then you can try dns.adguard.com and see if it meets your expections. If it doesn't you'll still have adguard app on your phone. I use NextDNS, here's the link if you're interested. https://nextdns.io
I used to use dns.adguard.com, but it breaks deal site links such as Slickdeals. I switched to nextdns.io which you can customize to allow deal sites to work.
I personally use AdGuard, which is $25 for a lifetime license on mobile. It's always running in the background as a local VPN that effectively is just screening out known ad-serving domains at the DNS level so there's very minimal battery life impact. Over the last 24hrs on my device, it only used about 18mAh of juice.
Edit: also, this blocker doesn't require a rooted device which is nice
I've been using AdGuard for awhile. Just bought the lifetime premium license after my trial ended. There's even a version for your PC although I have not tried that one yet.
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html#overview
Use AdGuard. Do not use the one in the playstore. Search on Google and you will find the apk. It can block in apps ads also but required premium version for that!
No, it is not. Our policy on this:
- All our free apps are open source (browser extensions, adguard for ios).
- Paid apps are closed source. However, we provide a detailed privacy policy for all apps. Here is a policy for android app: https://adguard.com/en/privacy.html#android TLDR: periodically checks license status and filters updates.
Of course it is not the same as being an open source. We're just trying to be as open as possible in these circumstances.
Personally, I use NextDNS for that.
I have a Windows DNS server proxying to their servers, but you can also have your FortiGate connect directly there. You can set and unset anti-ad, privacy etc. blacklists in your account.
See nextdns.io
Personally, I'd run the DNS provided by AdGuard, if it's fast where you live. Doesn't block all, but does a darn good job while not breaking the internet.
>Adguard would send my IP to google
Huh? That's not how DNS works.
>that person decides to go to my DNS provider
From the privacy policy
>We keep and store the anonymous database of domains requested in the last 24 hours. There is no information whatsoever that could link any of these domain names to the original user who sent the request. We need this information to identify and block new trackers and threats.
...
>All data that we collect, we do not share with any third parties
AdGuard has an iOS shortcut to block YouTube ads. This eliminates the waiting period on videos. It needs to be run every time you go to YouTube in Safari though.
https://adguard.com/en/blog/how-to-add-a-shortcut-to-block-youtube-ads/amp.html
Are you talking iOS or macOS? On iPadOS AdGuard app will block the YouTube ads in safari but it is slow to load webpages.
AdGuard also has an open source shortcut that works excellently and is very fast however. The only downside is that you have to run the shortcut using the share button in safari every time you refresh or reload youtube.
I have modified the shortcut to remove the “Adblock enabled“ notification, and favourited it so it’s at the top of the list in the share button menu in safari. This makes it really fast to run the shortcut, and you are free to navigate around YouTube to several videos and explore pages and whatnot without having to run the shortcut again until you force close safari, or exit out of the YouTube tab.
I had recently started using a DNS based ad blocker
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
Configured the router with the DNS so all machines in the house get it without any software added.
The bonus seems to be that all the sites that block ad blockers don’t get blocked. IDK what the technical reason is around how they can detect software blocking vs DNS blocking but going this route has been wonderful the last couple weeks.
- Repost.
- Hotel.
- av-test.org antivirus test results
- av-comparatives.org antivirus test results
- Trivago.
According to AV Comparatives it's good...
https://www.av-comparatives.org/enterprise/comparison/
We don't have the Defender ATP that comes with the higher end M365 licenses so I can't say from experience.
I'd avoid Avast if I were you, I was a long term user but after finding out about them selling user data I quickly moved on. Do a quick google search and you'll see it's been pretty well reported now.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2020/
Microsoft Defender is as capable as any other antivirus solution, so that would be my suggestion as it is free.
Is this AV popular anywhere? Doesn't seem to even be tested by AV comparatives monthly testing. If they can't even pass that test, it shouldn't be trusted by anyone ever.
This test against Symantec isn't exactly them shooting for the stars either. PDF
Ignore specific recommendation, often people recommend what is easy to use.
Make up your own mind, there are two sites that assess security software:
No. It's a rumour spread by the west so you use American made anti-malware programs so that they can access your data.
Here's the truth - even if Russia had put a backdoor into Kaspersky it'd be no different than literally every big name American anti-virus. Your data (unfortunately) is being passed on and used constantly whether you like it or not.
At the end of the day Kaspersky has scored the highest consistently on performance, reliability and security. It's joint first with Bitdefender with VIPRE coming in second Source.
I wish I was being paid for this but I'm not so here's my genuine, personal 'review' - Kaspersky has almost never slowed down my PC even when doing things such as full scans and other shit like that. It's constantly found threats almost instantly whenever they're on my PC (although that is rarely because of Common Sense^TM). The ONE time I've ever had a severe virus on my PC it completely took control, reverted the changes done to files, fixed everything and then restarted with a detailed report of what happened.
The downsides of Kaspersky? It's Russian - scary. Except it's not but I can't tell you how to live your life. The actual downside? Large Windows updates can cause incompatibilities and ultimately a few BSOD's. The blue screens are not bad at all though and do not harm your PC - it's Windows response to finding an important, low-level driver that it feels is broken or could cause damage. Although I admit there shouldn't be BSOD's at all and that's absolutely Kaspersky's fault for not fixing issues before updates are pushed through to W10. Other than that it can sometimes be annoying to use the UI but I can't name much else.
You can block ads and trackers in your browsers and apps without installing any application. On Android 9 and above, You just have to go to :
Settings - > Wifi & Internet - > Private DNS
Select "Private DNS provider hostname" and type
dns.adguard.com or p2.freedns.controld.com or
dot-de.blahdns.com You should also check out https://NextDNS.io, which allows customized blocklists
Try using AdwCleaner from the makers of Malwarebytes. It's a free program that will remove adware and other junk like you're currently seeing on your PC.
Here is a link to AdwCleaner:
I'm assuming you got a browser hijacker. As expected from a hentai website. Try this out. Pretty useful tool that should fix it very quickly. It's made by the Malwarebytes team and it's a standalone scanner tool that specifically targets browser hijackers, adware and spyware, and it's damn good at it.
Also, install uBlock origin so that this kind of stuff doesn't happen again. The site is not to blame, I've been in that particular site and it's pretty safe, the ads are the problem. The site owners don't really have any control over what the ad providers allow to be shown, and they often just let browser hijackers pass. You don't even need to click any ads for it to be a problem, the damn thing just needs to load. I also recommend using this anti-anti-adblocker so that websites that have an anti-adblocker can't detect that you are using an adblocker.
AdGuard DNS is the best one I've found so far.
Pros: - Doesn't use a local VPN, so you can block ads and use a VPN at the same time. - You only need to set it up once per wifi network. - As per their FAQ: "We do not save any personal data and do not log any of your actions."
Cons: - Doesn't work with mobile data, only wifi.
A few things off the top of my head...
Delete your Google account, reset your advertising ID, disable Play store. Check all your app permissions. Install F-Droid (FOSS Play store alternative), install Yalp (another app store that downloads APKs directly from Google). Install AdGuard or something similar. Use TOR/VPN, plenty of choices floating around on this subreddit.
System-wide Ad-blocking apps aren't allowed in the Play Store so you've got to load it separately. You can get AdGuard directly from its official website.
>search history
No, only Safari and the search engine you use can see this
>personal information
In general, the app and AdGuard servers can only see information strictly related to your subscription, such as your email address.
>DNS information
If you use AdGuard DNS, then the DNS privacy policy applies. Only aggregated data are stored, so even breaking into the AdGuard server only yield which domains are popular in the last 24 hours.
>100% local on the iPhone or is there any connection with a centralized platform
Regularly AdGuard will update filters which by default includes their lists, both for ad and malware filtering.
>any technical documents or whitepapers
Unfortunately, aside from the rather sparse doc and the source code itself, there's not much documentation.
AdGuard.
Been running it for over 3 years when I installed it on my Note 8 and now on my N20U. If you look around/google now and then you find deals. I got the lifetime license for like <$30.
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
Also takes out the ads on apps too even though some, like Samsung App Store still gets around it occasionally with their annoying pop up ads.
You have to get the version on their site and side load it I believe to block ads in apps too. Otherwise I think their Google Play version only blocks ads on browsers unless that's changed since when I got it.
There's AdGuard Home but I haven't tried it.
If you're familiar with Docker, you can install that on Windows and setup a Pi-hole container there.
In may case, I have it set on a $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W.
https://adguard.com/en/blog/updating-adguard-pro-for-ios.html
it’s the same now. difference is that with Pro you’re stuck with iOS. with premium if one day you ditch iOS you just carry your license over to your new device.
You control the install on your own device which blocks ads on your entire network, open source code, better support, to name just a few.
And, Pi-hole doesn't have a "purchase" option - it is free and funded solely by user donations.
It’s not an agreed or disagree. There are benchmarks for these types of things. But it does look like my data in my head is a year out of date. Looks like they fixed much of its detection issues a few months ago benchmarks here
It still has an impact on system performance. Third party AV's have much less impact on system performance than Microsoft AV does... It's actually one of the worst performers.
Read this.
It's one of the worst choices all-around. Literally the only thing it has going for it is that it's free.
You can't go wrong with either solution based on their third party testing results. There are definitely benefits to going with a larger company that has a very large install base though. A big part of that comes down to the threat intelligence a vendor gets based on how many users they are protecting. Symantec also recently acquired Blue Coat Networks which also contributes to their intelligence network as well.
I personally run Norton on my gaming system and haven't had any performance impact. However, I encourage you to take a look at these third party sites which will give you a better idea on where all vendors stand.
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/
AV-Comparatives shows Windows Defender to be the consistently worst-performing AV of their tests - although it should be noted that they didn't cover all AV solutions, including Norton.
AV-Test shows Norton 2016 to be significantly above average in performance and security, and meeting industry standards in usability.
The link below may be of some interest to you regarding ease of installation/use for various solutions. Be sure to perform additional research on scanning accuracy.
https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/avc_linux_2015_en.pdf
de-obfuscating may require some time and skills. mostly likely these macros call in powershell to do the job. so i would enable powershell script block logging on a vm that is not hooked to the network or hooked up but isolated. and i would run the the word doc and enable the content. let it run for a while then goto windows event viewer look for powershell log. it will be fully de-obuscated and you will see exactly what is it trying to do. if you need to actually execute the whole malware sample , i would do that in https://app.any.run/
The next question should be how you got the virus and what you could do differently. Some general things:
- Download programs from the developer or well known websites; don´t execute shady software
- Don´t open unknown/weird mail attachments
- Use ublock Origin
- keep your software up to date
This might help you in the future to remove such things: https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
>probably somehow installing a bad chrome extension which acts as a gateway for further infection.
I'm going to assume that the vast, VAST majority of people reading this thread thinking they have no viruses, do in fact have viruses and this is it. Check your extensions people! Make sure they're reputable. If an extension re-directs your homepage to something different it is almost a guarantee it's NOT good!
Run malwarebytes adwcleaner! https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
I like Hitmanpro https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us.aspx Or for Grandma's old PC that has a million toolbars, AdwCleaner. It was recently bought by Malwarebytes though and I'm not sure how the quality changed https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
I'll suggest Adhell or Adguard. Adhell - /r/Adhell Adguard - https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html
These are system wide ad blockers. Adhell will block ads without creating a local VPN whereas Adguard will create a local VPN and filter out all the ads. Both of these apps can also be used as firewalls.
AdGuard's free DNS servers, 176.103.130.130 and 176.103.130.131 for IPV4 and 2a00:5a60::ad1:0ff and 2a00:5a60::ad2:0ff for IPV6, because the're very good at stopping ads
Whoops, that's the crappy version. Here's the real one, although it costs money. You can find it somewhere for free, though... if you know what I mean.