Surprising Results Trying Eset Nod 32 For The First Time....

[lostinisaan]

Hello and Swasdee khrap,

I know that the topic AV for computers has been discussed endless on this forum, but would like to share my - for me- incredible scan results, after having used Kaspersky for ages now.

I've read a statistic on this forum, where Nod seemed to detect the most malware, deleted my kaspersky and gave Nod a try.

I attached my 1 TB external and made a full system scan. It found 179 issues, many of them were trojans.

Just wondering why Kaspersky didn't detect them. Is there an explanation for it? Or using other words: Is Eset really so much better in finding unwanted stuff?

Thanks for any useful input. Cheers-

[RichCor]

Each one just finds different stuff (and 'most' of the same stuff). All of them will miss the unknown stuff.

So... did your 'other' tools like malwarebytes, Spybot, Hitmanpro, or hijackthis, etc, also miss detecting these as well?

Edited February 22, 2015 by RichCor

[lungbing]

I, personally, wouldn't touch Hitmanpro. I had a hell of a job getting rid of it afterwards and could not boot into Safe-mode at all because Hitmanpro had replaced the Safe-mode registry keys with its own. I like Hijackthis and Malwarebytes but they can't catch everything even when frequently updated.

(edited for sense ans spulling)

Edited February 22, 2015 by lungbing

[55Jay]

Had similar results after leaving Panda for a year, using Avira Free, then going back to Panda. The initial install scan and subsequent full scan, looked like a Vegas slot machine jackpot.

Edited February 23, 2015 by 55Jay

[bendejo]

I, personally, wouldn't touch Hitmanpro. I had a hell of a job getting rid of it afterwards and could not boot into Safe-mode at all because Hitmanpro had replaced the Safe-mode registry keys with its own. I like Hijackthis and Malwarebytes but they can't catch everything even when frequently updated.

(edited for sense ans spulling)

There is a registry tool out there called YAC (Yet Another Cleaner), completely hijacked control of the registry to the point where I couldn't edit anything with regedit or any other utilities. Can't say it actually did anything malicious, but I restored from a backup once I saw what was going on.

Some of the things AV programs detect can actually be benign but reported as a possible threat, such as wget. Sort of like finding a steak knife in your kitchen drawer and announcing "weapon detected!" I got lots of false positives when I used Avast.