Windows Defender vs Top 100 Malware Sites
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2023
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All I can say as a IT Support guy since 2007, is that till Windows 8/8.1 appeared with Defender built in, I was doing 3-4 malware cleans/rebuilds a week. Since then with 10 and 11, it's now 3-4 a year and most of those are just adware or a sanity check to delete a legit remote app off a laptop some guy from India made them install. I actually get more 'virus' calls from Apple users now. Unchecky is a handy little tool for keeping stuff clean.
Unchecky rules.
Thats the funny thing apple is about to have a ton of virus issues and security breaches because theyre being forced to support sideloading and any unauthorized apps. Apple has pretty much no antivirus they just cock block you from doing things to get viruses which hurts everyone.
im in the Business 23 years now and i see it similar. since win 7 it got alot better 10/11 different worlds. So anybody can hate microsoft but they actually seem to tackle those kind of problems now.
Yep same, I work in a SOC and Defender is now the main antivirus used on windows devices. Way back when it used to be Sophos or Mcafee that was installed on every device, but not anymore
@jabezhane what tool can you recommend we use to scan our system monthly?
Imagine being infected with 100 different viruses and your inmune system blocks 99% of it, that is how powerfull windows defender is becoming.
That’s why it is important to click on links in phishing mails etc. This will help maintain the immunity of the system.
I don’t believe in Windows Defender, in my time people used to get viruses and everyone was okay with it. Windows Defender is the thing that kills your computer. I don’t want their program full of microchips on my computer.
@@MiesvanderLippelol
Only if you opt-in diagnostics.
@@MiesvanderLippe It's more like cloud immunity, if someone else got infected then the entire system is immune. If anything it's like getting infected and never fully recovering from the damage.
It's Amazing to see how windows defender became better overtime.. someday it might become so perfect so that we don't have to look for an alternate antivirus anymore
And, on that day, pigs will fly
On that day it will become a paid product. It will be a required add-on for your cloud desktop. So even you can browse the Internet for $49.99 a month *internet service not provided* *cloud desktop internet add-on required as well*
Agreed! Then there is also the fact there are third party tools that make it even better, more configurable, and harder to bypass like DefenderUI. Still no SentinelOne or PA Cortex competitor, but not bad at all for the normal consumer esp when coupled with third party tools!
I love Kaspersky, it doesnt use a lot of resources, has excellent detection of virus/malware, protects me from visiting shady websites, gives me a secure way to pay when doing online shopping, notifies me when an app uses microphone/webcam and also has VPN. Best bang for the buck imo
Its a cat and mouse game, Viruses will also get better then Defender will adjust
Would like to see you do the included Windows Defender vs the Paid Microsoft Defender version that is now available with O365 vs something like Malwarebytes across a larger sample base, should be interesting.
Very interesting. I would love to see this
I was actually wondering if this was Windows Security (free w/ Windows) or Microsoft Defender (w/ Microsoft 365 subscription). As I understand it, there’s no such thing as Windows Defender any more-Microsoft’s product names are very confusing, same with the Surface line-up!
@@beaujeste I didn’t know that. So I’m not really sure
@@beaujeste Judging by 3:52, I assume that it is Windows Security, not the paid Microsoft Defender. But I too am curious to see what difference there is between the two.
There is now defender for endpoint which is 1 of the paid options, they also have Microsoft Sentinel and also defender for o365. I might be missing one other
I really like this kind of videos. It gives a clear understanding of why is it so important to have cybersecurity.
it shows why it's important to act secure rather than trust an antivirus which tries to make up for your mistakes ...
What I like about Windows Defender on Windows 10 and 11, is you don't have to do anything! It goes to work, keeps its mouth shut, runs in the background, only alerts you when needed, and doesn't slow down your PC. If you are carful online, Windows Defender is all that you need. Additionally all the modern brosers have smart screen and download scanning built in, so that really helps!
I do also use malwarebytes, but that is mostly as an ad block.
I’m glad you did this test. You’re right there’s a lot of guys on Reddit who have a lot of opinions, but never seen tests of what Windows Defender can do.
Appreciate your time and sharing the results of this test.
This is the first time I have come across your channel. I "liked" and 'Subscribed" and I do not subscribe to very many channels. I just want to make sure I don't lose track of this channel. Beautiful presentation. I like that you "show your work" instead of just talking about, makes it much more credible and believable. 🙂
Thank you for doing these types of videos. I generally don’t leave comments, but I do value your opinion and your testing. I have always ran a third-party antivirus program such as bit defender, and even that has failed me over the years with info stealers a few years ago I got hit with an info stealer, and just like you said I lost my RUclips channel took me a long time to get it back
AT LAST .... the channel returned to its originalform(*antivirus Vs malware tests) ,which was the main reason for me being subscribed in the first place !!
Great content! You guys should make a whole series testing all the antivirus on the market like this I’m curious on how my bitfender would hold up and I bet a lot of people are wondering the same about the antivirus they use.
didn't expect these results, windows defender is truly improving!
the only thing that is improving is your obesity.
THANKS FOR SHARING! Hjghly needed this as I am currently considering to use defender instead of third party anti-malware.
Frankly it really is great to see windows defender doing better over the years. With supply chain issues becoming a greater concern with 3rd party software solutions, having good first party support for viruses, etc is good.
Yessss, would love to see video's comparing the popular AV's.
Id love an in-depth video about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, even running this test. Its the Enterprise AV/EDR available with Microsoft 365. We use SentinelOne where I work, but im considering a greater push to move to using it, since its included with our 365 licences. Im too busy right now doing some practical tests with Entra ID Plan 2 so I cant test it myself right now.
Great video, very informative! I am not an IT guy or a big computer guy, but I have never trusted windows defender to actually protect my computer, and came into this video not expecting much. But I am glad to see it is actually getting better, I am definitely going to stick with current anti-malware suite, but maybe with my next computer (if defender continues to improve), I won't feel the need to replace it!
I would also add if you are using Office 365, it comes with Microsoft 365 Defender, which is a unified enterprise defense suite with advanced capabilities. For example, it proactively hunts for threats, has identity threat protection, dark web monitoring, prevents cross-domain attacks, etc.
The detections were in line with what I expected! Windows defender is so good nowadays and the important thing is that it is not heavy on the system.
would like to see a full Windows Defender vs. Ransomware/Malware and everything in between.
but not in a VM but in a real system with HVCI.
A lot of work and what's the difference? Unless the experiment is to see if there's any difference.
@@raylopez99 because hvci does not work in a VM but is the only real security feature difference between a stock w10 and w11 installation.l
@@MGK195what is hvci?
This is the big question, modern ransomware strains are very effective at bypassing unmanaged Defender and it would be interesting to see if this is the case on the up-to-date version on Windows 11.
@@imranhq13 "Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI) is a Windows security feature that uses virtualization to isolate the Code Integrity (CI) decision-making function from the rest of the Windows operating system. This makes it more difficult for attackers to tamper with the CI function and load malicious code into the kernel."
and exactly this does not work in his tests since he's already is inside a VM.
Just after fiber connection I installed a Tz 470 SonicWALL then I run defender on all machines on the other side of the SonicWALL in-house which gives better protection than Malwarebytes did installed independently on each computer. Haven't had one problem since installation of these above mentioned items. Thanks for the review you guys are great!
Very insightful, ty for sharing this experiment
I didn't notice any mention or testing of an additional Windows Defender feature known as Windows Defender offline that's now available in scan options. It has the ability to scan the system before the OS loads in the Windows 7 days it required the use of a bootable thumb drive.
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Great video! Thanks for posting!
Great video. Really appreciate seeing some testing I can point people to. I agree base defender absolutely fine for the average user. Enterprises environments should have an XDR solution.
Very insightful thank you 🙏
Cool info, thanks for sharing, well done :)
He’s a great videos, very interesting, informative and fun to watch. If I had a need I would definitely hire this company.
This evolution totally passed me by. So thanks for enlightening me.
I'm really liking defender more and more. Considering I am a sole infrastructure engineer and the business is wanting to use bitdefender mainly, i think potentially having the both of these helps alot from a cloud protection and local.
As someone who spent years using bit defender, you have tons of better alternatives. It actually were worse at handling viruses than Defender have been for me
As someone who uses Bitdefender daily, I hope you never need to.
well your job title sounds good
anyone knows you can't run 2 different anti-virus
one will shut the other off
your company needs a new infrastructure engineer if you don't know that
@@blackoutgstar9949 you obviously haven't experienced the real life from behind a keyboard, so I'll let that slide and hope you the best in a sad life of negativity.
@@ridley674 No he's right. Running multiple AVs will cause system instability and will diminish security. TPSC did a video on it.
I am using Defender only barring the occassional manual scan with MWB but even then 90 % is not 100 %, even if the missed threats weren't major and no malware processes were running.
I'd kind of want to see a follow up of trying to run the threats Defender missed one-by-one, did Defender just miss them due to the overload of malware being ran at the same time or does it simpy omit those instances.
Defender relies on cloud analysing yeah but even then I'd want to see it work more like "this process is on hold until it is considerd safe" instead of "there are so many processes trying to run that some might slip through".
Also MWB being smart enough to determine the threats were being run by a script and terminate the script itself is quite impressive to me, exactly what you'd want from your AV.
Que buen video. Algo que tenía curiosidad pero jamás lo hubiera intentado en mi PC
When you mentioned the like and suscribe, did you choose to have the button highlight?
Is that a thing?
Because on my pc it just hightlighted it when you said that
I have just used Windows Defender for the past few years. Defender had gotten much better recently and I'm not sure if it is worth the price and memory usage of premium AV.
Fun fact (00:30): In 2013, the latest version of Windows was Windows 8, which already featured Windows Defender. WD was initially released as a standalone application for Windows XP in 2006 before being directly integrated within the release of Windows Vista
Curious about running it behind a netgear armor enabled router with the bitdefender companion installed. Might have to do similar testing
Amazing video I was always wandering if windows defender is good.. btw any views on panda antivirus?
Thank you for video and your effort. Could you test the OpenEDR product please?
Very interesting, can you try the browser apps plugins to see how good they protect ?
I have a question about the malware you've used, does it have Anti VM / Anti Debugger enabled? or is this an off topic question, and if it does have these types of protection doesn't that make the detections semi broken due to the virus self killing itself before defender caught on?
Do you have a video of how you have this special set up so it won't attack your home network. Considering that you are running this on a virtual machine, do you use this computer on its own for virus testing or do you also use it for personal use? I would like to run some forensics on my own set up so I can make sure that I'm as secure as possible.
Hey Leo, just wondering, what would you recommend as a free antivirus?
Thx for for doing this video, still i have a question.
How about iobit systemcare and malware fighter?
Thank you for doing these tests. Could we possibly have a review of HP Wolf Security ? This now comes preinstalled on most laptops manufactured by HP and works alongside Windows Defender.
bruh that's crazy
I'd like to see that same test versus Microsft Defender and Defender for Endpoint as part of the M365/O365 security offerings
We have been using Heimdal at our company for a while now, and we really love it :)
I completely forgot about XP's endless pop-up screens, good times lol! I remember once i really tried to close them all for like 10 minutes but it was popping up and up so i began preparations for a format))
You so need to make a series out of this with others besides defender
thanks for posting!
Thank you for all you do
Hi, thanks for your excellent video! While reviewing this one, I wondered why should I renew my Kaspersky subscription. If windows defender is acceptable, why should we go for a payable antivirus
Thanks for your opinion on this matter
TBH I've had so many problems with third party antivirus software breaking things like Windows updates or false-positive blocks (like once the windows logon service got blocked) that I just run Defender now.
This is great, we need more of this
would it be easier/better or at least interesting at all to just run that python script (or slightly modified) to slam them all on a usb drive that you then rig to be executed upon plugging it in, or just for extra security in testing, executed via some other script on it?
I would like to see you do this on multiple anti-maleate programs....
Can you try AVG next time??
I wish yo would have also tested Defenfer with the cloud turned off....just for the "Smiles and Giggles factor".
Good to see much improved detection rate of MS Defender. On the other hand they (Micro$) want to control you more and more. I use Kaspersky Total Security - NOT the new Plus version which pops up all sorts of things I am annoyed with. Also use Malwarebytes, though Kaspersky complains as not compatible. Oh yeah Windows is running virtualized. My choice of backup is Acronis.
A potential gap in your analysis: is Malwarebytes blocking threats as the links themselves are known to be threats or is it blocking based on scan and behaviour of the files? I can't quite say as no idea what your script does but likely downloads first..
When did that VM last run its defender intelligence update before the test was run?
For UEFI malware infection validation don't you need to reboot and then run the tests? Or was that done?
Sacrificial frozen state VM's are amazing for testing whether or not something is sketchy. you can run anything on them and the moment you reboot its clean. just make sure its not on your primary vlan..
Could you do a comparison with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?
Thank you so much , I've started using anti-virus software in 2016 and still was using it until i saw your video thank uuu
Question . Do we need to run windows ramsonware protection on ? It IS giving me a Lot of bsod blocking even AMD programs
As someone that just built their first pc is defender the recommended go to these days or should I get something like Malwarebytes too?
Would be interesting to see the results with Windows running in S mode. Its just about possible to do everything most users would want to do under S mode, and malware likely wouldn't stand a chance.
interesting video as always many thanks I'm all ways looking for ways to spot and remove viruses besides just hoping my antivirus's will solve the issue
Hey pc security if you save some password folders in your computer the virus can extracted it is bad idea to store inside the cpu . Use paper or book to write it down for later if you forget the password the book already save information and it wouldn’t loose your login but if the virus hits there is no passwords store in it it can’t steal passwords. It that will prevents hacker steal ?
It seems that Windows Defender was active (icon bottom right with green checkmark at 7:00) during the Malwarebytes test. Was this the case?
I know this is kinda too late, but, is Librewolf a good option as "private" browser?
I would love to see how windows defender vs an adblocker like ublock origin with all blocksites added. I have just been using adblocker for years and never have malware since.
I would definitely like to see bigger test. Or performance impact of different antiviruses. Or even for gaming.
I will watch your video when you make it...
Just a question. If an info stealer does steal info off my device, would services like my bank which require 2FA, OTPs etc still be compromised? Because to do transactions etc having the password isn't enough
I realize this video is 5 months old and possibly there is an answer in the comments or in another video but I haven't seen one yet, is there a comparison between Defender and Defender for Endpoint via 365?
The only problem i have with defender is that when i am doing a Full scan, the ui of the progress bar, remaining time and total files scan just stop. I can navigate through the program, so it is working, but this bug worries me became i don't know what is happening.
Any help would be useful, thanks.
hello just wondering on a new windows install and when doing a full scan it freezes around the 3/4 mark, is it because of corruption?
I want to see more from Malwarebytes, since its smart enough to detect an active attack vector.
Also how its performing if web is unviable ...
Its become so much better than it was back in Windows Vista/7 days, go to a few questionable sites/download from questionable sources back then and you used to be screwed, nowadays no issues at all with any kind of malware/virus.
With that said, I've had issues every once in a while where it wouldn't allow me to save files in Documents folder.
Could you please do ESET test someday?
using norton 360 delux here for up tp 5 devices here also got malwarebytes as well
Hi leo, .. Before text, sorry my english so bad.
, R u shared malex code?, someone shared it on github! , but with extention .exe , is this illegal?
I love Malwarebytes, I've been using them in my personal environment for years. At work, we only run Windows Defender (it's free). I'm perfectly happy with the security it provides,
Very inportant question: how does it compare against other free antivirus? (In your video you used premius malwarebytes version). What is the best possible safety solution that costs the same (that is, effectively free)
@@rythmater That's an interesting thought, thank you. However, this very channel rates Windows Defender as way worse than 3rd party AVs like Bitdefender Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. Do you think he's wrong or are there nuances?
how did you make the edges of your windows uncurved?
When you do this, do you run this on a Virtual Machine or on a PC?
@Leo, how do YOU protect your PC or suggest to protect it?🤔
Common sense/it knowledge is the best anti-virus
Can you do a malware analysis on kms, mas and other forms of cracked installers
I would love to see if you could do a video for best anti virus out there for gavers(pcs)
Could you test Avast ONE again ;) Would be nice.. Keep it up
I don't know sometime Windows defender not help or malwarebytes
My friend got hacked week ago likely download some exe I tried to give him malwarebytes but doesn't log anything
Like is the virus is in you or it is hard to find it is like info stealer
Can you teach us how to find the virus that hides through security programs?
Can you do bulletproof west vs top 100 most powerful weapons next?
Thank you!
Amazing that they know all these malware sites and they haven't destroyed and removed them strange world
My mother in law wanted to by a new computer because advast always said it was something wrong with it (free version constantly warns about stuff like vpn, junk programs etc buy the premium). Nothing wrong with the machine. Perhaps defender is enough or what quiet free program could anyone recommend?
I would be interested to know how good Defender is on Windows 10 compared to Windows 11 in this case.
Question, would these websites not be threatened to be taken offline by allowing malware to be downloaded on their websites?? Like how do they get to keep their domains when they are doing these things?
Do you have a source for that desktop wallpaper please?
How did you filter out multiple windows processes like svchost in process explorer? It is impossible to have so few processes even in windows xp.
P.S. Can info-stealer steal data even if you have browser passwords protected by master password? What I mean is state when you have browser opened and vault unlocked because you looked up some password. Is it unlocked only for browsers or for all exes until you close browser?
Having passwords saved isnt a good idea if you are frequently downloading stuff anyways, best defense against malware is to not download it in the first place. I wouldnt rely on a vault
@@cideltacommand7169 I think it is better to have passwords in vault than in browser but still launch unknown exes in virtual machine. I have separate OS on separate drive with virtual machine just for this purpose but I still do not trust it completely :/
@@artorias550 keep your passwords in your head
Curious to see this along with a DNS filter