To appguard or not to appguard

Or any other reliable testing companies. There's a strange absence of reliable tests for AppGuard.

 

Good explanation and a reason why there is nothing for an AV testing site to test or compare. On Win 7 Pro., I've grown to love the way it works for me, Locked Down and turn all messages off. If something mis-fires, I'll take a look in event viewer.

 

So it is a HIPS?

The question is about all types of malware trying to run on a computer. If none of all types of malware can bypass the AppGuard - then really it works as advertised. That's why I want reliable tests. Like DefenseWall - it gets 100% protection from all malware - in all known to me tests, though like the AppGuard has no detection and removal.

 

No, it uses the concept of a trusted enclave rather than default deny which is more typical of classical HIPS. If I had to sum up the approach that AppGuard uses in a single sentence, I would say that it is one of restrict the untrusted rather than deny the unknown. For example, a browser is a known good application, but it must be untrusted and restricted accordingly because of the inherent risk of Internet-facing applications being used as an attack vector.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/antivirus_software/zero_day_protection/prweb3989004.htm

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7712143.html

I agree it would be nice to see AppGuard tested, which is why I approached MRG as they already include DefenseWall in their anti-malware tests.

 

I might be mistaken but, wouldn't MRG need written permission from Blue Ridge Networks in order to test AppGuard ?
I ask because as AV organizations, that test AVs, I guess they may need to request permission from the AV developers and, probably charge a fee to the AV company to perform the tests.

Am I right or wrong ?



Carlos

 

I imagine that it would require the agreement of both parties. When I mentioned to MRG whether they would consider including AppGuard in their tests, they said no, so there didn't seem a lot of point in following it up with BRN.

 

exactly

 

btw, I forgot about the Matousec 'Proactive Challenge' test - AppGuard fits there. Did anybody test the AppGuard with there suit? Sorry to speak again about the DefenseWall - this app takes 100% when you test it with their 32 bit suit (I haven't tested it but some guys did it). If the AppGuard takes 100% - then no questions about its strength.

 

pegr, thank you for the links, here is written that it beats 'over 90%' of malware (in the bottom of the page). So the AppGuard is 'over 90%' for now?

 

Hi Solarlynx,

That was version 1.4.7 before the addition of MemoryGuard. It's likely that the current version 3.4.2 has a protection level that is close to 100% in the high and lockdown modes, but without independent testing by a respected anti-malware testing lab it's all very subjective. I don't know of any reported bypasses though by Wilders members who have carried out their own private testing.

Kind regards

 

That's good.