Windows Defender vs Ransomware

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  • @ThePiprian
    @ThePiprian Pƙed 3 lety +4202

    That shelllocker screen is the most edgy thing.
    Also they tried to use roman numerals and failed spectacularly.

    • @weegeenumberone2
      @weegeenumberone2 Pƙed 2 lety +261

      They SHOULD go to fucking school.

    • @ArkaniumGaming
      @ArkaniumGaming Pƙed 2 lety +92

      @@weegeenumberone2 whvatz skool?

    • @SneefyQuaffles
      @SneefyQuaffles Pƙed 2 lety +36

      @@weegeenumberone2 tbf can you code as good as them?

    • @weegeenumberone2
      @weegeenumberone2 Pƙed 2 lety +92

      @@SneefyQuaffles 'Course not, i cant code. Also your 4 weeks late :/

    • @K4inan
      @K4inan Pƙed 2 lety +38

      @@weegeenumberone2 you're*

  • @unbrandedindustriesincorpo1701
    @unbrandedindustriesincorpo1701 Pƙed 3 lety +5222

    I feel like I’m going to get ransomware just watching this video.

    • @shadowlord0162
      @shadowlord0162 Pƙed 3 lety +297

      ik right? it makes you feel weird seeing so many ransomwares and how they passed through the windows defender

    • @well_as_an_expert_id_say
      @well_as_an_expert_id_say Pƙed 3 lety +80

      @@ThePeacePlant sounds totally legit

    • @rayan_mir
      @rayan_mir Pƙed 3 lety +89

      @@well_as_an_expert_id_say this guy sounds like he’s trying to lure us to a virus, but this youtuber has made a video on that anti virus too lol
      edit: fixed spelling

    • @LostInAutism
      @LostInAutism Pƙed 3 lety +4

      @@rayan_mir idk, he's an expert and he says he's legit

    • @rayan_mir
      @rayan_mir Pƙed 3 lety +6

      @@LostInAutism sorry, i don’t understand what you’re trying to say

  • @smokecrash2147
    @smokecrash2147 Pƙed 2 lety +416

    That shelllocker screen feels like an attempt to kill the user with a cringe overdose

  • @12ManFan
    @12ManFan Pƙed 2 lety +1672

    Literally my entire pc is pictures saved from Google, old school assignments, and my steam library. If anything it would help cleaning out the junk lmao

    • @tburn76
      @tburn76 Pƙed 2 lety +255

      Keep a backup of those old school assignments. They're nice to look through 20 years later. Plenty of nostalgia.

    • @greed0599
      @greed0599 Pƙed 2 lety +39

      The only things on my PC are video games and pr0n so... not exactly worried lmao

    • @rubiconnn
      @rubiconnn Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Why would you back up your steam library?

    • @12ManFan
      @12ManFan Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@rubiconnn I don’t?

    • @TheMurkain
      @TheMurkain Pƙed 2 lety +7

      @@tburn76 I know right ahah, I read a paragraph I wrote in English class about my Mom. Only read it three years later was kinda heartwarming :)

  • @recreatinguniverse5278
    @recreatinguniverse5278 Pƙed 3 lety +3089

    I'd love to see a comparison putting up the free versions of each of these up against the ultimate free Windows defender

    • @Marios2332
      @Marios2332 Pƙed 3 lety +24

      You still buy windows though

    • @Marios2332
      @Marios2332 Pƙed 3 lety +9

      @@recreatinguniverse5278 Yeah but do you have full access to all the features of Windows Defender?

    • @recreatinguniverse5278
      @recreatinguniverse5278 Pƙed 3 lety +311

      @@Marios2332 Yea..... you do

    • @andresbudihardja
      @andresbudihardja Pƙed 3 lety +2

      how fix ransomware id online ?

    • @recreatinguniverse5278
      @recreatinguniverse5278 Pƙed 3 lety +65

      @Led Zeppelin May be utter rubbish but in the OS Market for PCs Windows still holds a good like what? 80-90%? (imo I think Windows is a great OS and extremely user friendly)
      They're so prominent it's just yeah. Planning on switching to Ubuntu soon for more privacy, but honestly... It's a hard move.

  • @Ceu.Noturno
    @Ceu.Noturno Pƙed 2 lety +1001

    "You have IVVIII hours to pay" i had a terrible time understanding that wrong roman counting.

    • @queenofgeese
      @queenofgeese Pƙed 2 lety +20

      are they trying to say 453?

    • @zombiebiker5581
      @zombiebiker5581 Pƙed 2 lety +154

      48 hours
      lV =4
      Vlll =8
      48
      But I get the irony

    • @MJBrabantNZL
      @MJBrabantNZL Pƙed 2 lety +130

      Lol the irony being that if you showed most people the real answer:
      XLVIII
      They still be like đŸ€”

    • @zombiebiker5581
      @zombiebiker5581 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@MJBrabantNZL lol I knowđŸ€Ł

    • @walidfakhfakh3660
      @walidfakhfakh3660 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@zombiebiker5581 pixel Circle Tualatin Luigi's

  • @Baybeeen
    @Baybeeen Pƙed 3 lety +1711

    Does anyone else get really freaked out about this stuff? Like one of my biggest fears are these type of things. I don't really have too much important stuff but it is still very scary for me to even watch.

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy Pƙed 3 lety +205

      Backups people, backups!

    • @Casketkrusher_
      @Casketkrusher_ Pƙed 3 lety +80

      That's why you never should store important things on your PC itself.

    • @cumdowner2611
      @cumdowner2611 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      Ever Heard of cloud?

    • @orestisgeorgatos6725
      @orestisgeorgatos6725 Pƙed 2 lety +223

      The guide to security on the internet is to not be dumb. If a file is suspicious to you, emulate a computer and execute it there before running it to your actual computer. Do virus scans often, and don’t be fucking dumb downloading stuff. You’ll be safe if you’re careful don’t worry
      (Yes I know some viruses can detect emulators and don’t execute in them but it’s just the safest thing to do if you really need the file and can’t find it in a good site)

    • @Deflexts
      @Deflexts Pƙed 2 lety +34

      @@orestisgeorgatos6725 yup. Also only download things (such as games) from reputable sites

  • @thechannelofrandomness7670
    @thechannelofrandomness7670 Pƙed 3 lety +1247

    *Ransomware exists*
    windows defender : *I SLEEP*
    *a game from steamunlocked*
    Windows defender : *REAL SHIT*

    • @SESPRODUCTION
      @SESPRODUCTION Pƙed 3 lety +154

      Windows defender is like your mom that never show up when you do the works and shows up out of no where when you are on your phone for 3secs

    • @thechannelofrandomness7670
      @thechannelofrandomness7670 Pƙed 3 lety +12

      @@SESPRODUCTION ya lol

    • @CuteArianaGrande
      @CuteArianaGrande Pƙed 3 lety +9

      This is nothing but facts

    • @yaoyorozu-no-kami_
      @yaoyorozu-no-kami_ Pƙed 3 lety +4

      @@To_Anything IT HAS VIRUS LOL, IT HAS CODEX

    • @To_Anything
      @To_Anything Pƙed 3 lety +18

      @@yaoyorozu-no-kami_ no it doesn't. I've used it for years. It's literally been tested it's real

  • @notgayim2631
    @notgayim2631 Pƙed 2 lety +315

    I love how Shellocker says "Have a nice day!" at the end.

  • @illzzu
    @illzzu Pƙed 2 lety +82

    This is why I don't understand local stores putting McAfee 30 day trial on new PC's. Good ol' Windows Defender has never let me down.

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety +45

      The reason is money. They get some cash for putting all sorts of pre-installed crap on there, it's basically an ad.

    • @estiennetaylor1260
      @estiennetaylor1260 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@gragogflying-anvil3605I always buy Surface products without the hassle of dealing with OEM bloatware that comes preinstalled.

    • @estiennetaylor1260
      @estiennetaylor1260 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@gragogflying-anvil3605 A good practice dealing with any OEM build PCs is reformat or reset Windows. It gets rid of all the bloatware that comes preinstalled.

    • @pranomadityagogoi1145
      @pranomadityagogoi1145 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      i told my shopkeeper to uninstall the mcafee when he was setting up my lappy

    • @Matt-dp7ze
      @Matt-dp7ze Pƙed rokem

      And then McAfee keeps sending pop ups that the coverage has run out and that I need to buy a new license.

  • @designing9391
    @designing9391 Pƙed 3 lety +1553

    Legends are still waiting for Kaspersky Vs Bitdefender 2021

    • @DumReviewGRC
      @DumReviewGRC Pƙed 3 lety +41

      Real legends are still expecting Dr.Web to be reviewed

    • @wingscancer
      @wingscancer Pƙed 3 lety

      ​@@DumReviewGRC im not sure about Dr.Web anymore
      it used to be great early 2000's
      but when i ran it 2 years ago as a test on my main system i ran into a bug that it would not let me download zip/raa/7zip/ect files
      still would like to see the under dog from russia Dr web vs kaspersky

    • @numbone
      @numbone Pƙed 3 lety +54

      Bitdefender is broken right now and they know it. There is a major RAM leak that keeps using more and more RAM until the PC is restarted and than it starts eating again. Tech Support knows this issue and hasn't been able to fix it for past 5 weeks now. BD kept crashing my PC from using all the memory and I have 16GBs

    • @wingscancer
      @wingscancer Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@numbone i guess roll back to a 2020 build

    • @giulio24tutorial65
      @giulio24tutorial65 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      YES

  • @timmyp6297
    @timmyp6297 Pƙed 2 lety +57

    I like how none of this has really changed in terms of how it looks or what it does since the 90s.

    • @dweep9546
      @dweep9546 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      It's honestly got a really cool aesthetic to it, especially shelllocker

    • @jeb123
      @jeb123 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@dweep9546 you serious lmao

    • @dweep9546
      @dweep9546 Pƙed 2 lety +17

      @@jeb123 yes. the really shitty edginess reminds me of 2000s internet culture

    • @jeb123
      @jeb123 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@dweep9546 oh, it makes sense sorry

    • @tekenertehee
      @tekenertehee Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Thats because the actually dangerous and modern ones don't get exposed and dissected on youtube videos

  • @1776Meow
    @1776Meow Pƙed 2 lety +190

    I'd like to see you run this same test with "core isolation" active to see if any of this ransomware depends on injecting code into high security processes. If not previously used. As well as a regular user with no admin access sine that should be the practice in a business environment.

    • @user-fz8os2de6n
      @user-fz8os2de6n Pƙed rokem +4

      This CZcamsr disables some Windows Security settings and that, loses.

  • @TeksonikAudio
    @TeksonikAudio Pƙed 3 lety +1356

    When you are sponsored by a security company your results when testing other options become suspect.

    • @mumukshud.c.1866
      @mumukshud.c.1866 Pƙed 3 lety +50

      Windows Defender is hot garbage.

    • @GnarlyChap
      @GnarlyChap Pƙed 3 lety +376

      He is doing this for almost 10 years on CZcams now, so I am not surprised that he is getting some attention from the big security companies recently. Not a reason to get suspicious, but I can see how new viewers might get this feeling. Also I should mention that his Malwarebytes tests don't really have good results.

    • @breakingthe4thwall260
      @breakingthe4thwall260 Pƙed 3 lety +17

      I assure you Leo is not fudging the test or the results.

    • @breakingthe4thwall260
      @breakingthe4thwall260 Pƙed 3 lety +158

      @@mumukshud.c.1866 your right windows defender is not garbage.

    • @breakingthe4thwall260
      @breakingthe4thwall260 Pƙed 3 lety +31

      @@GnarlyChap doesn't matter because he's not recommending that people get malwarebytes real time anti malware. he's onl recommending the VPN and the browserguard. i've not used the VPN so i have no opinion on it. i have used the browserguard since it was first released an it's been great i would recommend it to any one.

  • @ninjapants7688
    @ninjapants7688 Pƙed 3 lety +458

    How nice of the ransomware group to add a "support" page to their scam.

    • @donerzombie1349
      @donerzombie1349 Pƙed 2 lety +123

      They have generally better customer service than providers

    • @antt5061
      @antt5061 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@donerzombie1349 Best comment on this video xD

    • @wolfsyncc
      @wolfsyncc Pƙed 2 lety +21

      Hi, yes.
      I'd like to report a problem with your program, It gave me ransomware. Please fix!

    • @thedolphinclub7303
      @thedolphinclub7303 Pƙed 2 lety +25

      @@wolfsyncc I'd like to report a problem with your programm, * it didn't encrypt every file on my PC * . Please fix!

    • @MILSIM530
      @MILSIM530 Pƙed rokem

      I use ublock Origin on all my browsers with the built-in win 11 antivirus and I'm a gamer who likes to mod i download all this mods from uknown websites as well as watching films on 123 website, stream anime all day don't see adds because my adblocker take care of them for 5 years since i stop using win 7 i never got any virus never and i just checked nothing .....liers

  • @meowskull
    @meowskull Pƙed 3 lety +19

    That escalated quickly without the internet connection. I know you get a ton of requests, but have you ever considered doing av tests for Android? It would be a great addition to your awesome channel. Love your work!

  • @alexmunoz1934
    @alexmunoz1934 Pƙed 2 lety +59

    Nice. I’ve only ever used windows defender and never knew about the protected folder access. Never had any problems but thank you for the extra tip!

    • @estiennetaylor1260
      @estiennetaylor1260 Pƙed 2 lety

      I've enhanced Windows defender security settings to make it more resilient against common attacks like these.

  • @pinchpeak5203
    @pinchpeak5203 Pƙed 2 lety +45

    Ransomware: Holds my PC ransom
    Me who wipes it every 2 months: So, you've chosen death

  • @n4p3r0
    @n4p3r0 Pƙed 3 lety +80

    I love this channel, I find it really interesting and entertaining lol. And I'm not even a windows user.

  • @CWiseman
    @CWiseman Pƙed 3 lety +50

    Could you do a test of Defender with an account that doesn't have admin permissions and compare on/off Internet performance?

  • @bgwheel
    @bgwheel Pƙed 3 lety +70

    You ever just stumble across a youtube gold mine? Thank you algorithm.

  • @TheBrinkofDestruction
    @TheBrinkofDestruction Pƙed 2 lety +25

    lol poor windows defender getting bombarded like that. I imagine spongebob's brain as an office with everything lighting on fire >.

  • @dcernach
    @dcernach Pƙed 3 lety +249

    How about trying "Windows Defender Maximum Security vs Malware" again in 2021 ?

    • @caderaid441
      @caderaid441 Pƙed 3 lety +28

      In that video, it blocked 100% of the malware. There wouldn’t be any use making the same video again that will yield the same results

    • @souravsharma5668
      @souravsharma5668 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@caderaid441 what is Windows Defender Maximum Security??

    • @forefatherofmankind3305
      @forefatherofmankind3305 Pƙed 3 lety +13

      @@souravsharma5668 it will ask you to double check every email, u have to put ur passwords 2 times & confirm with Microsoft through OTP, retina scan& mucous swabs verification before turning PC On.
      It's good, in my book.

    • @souravsharma5668
      @souravsharma5668 Pƙed 2 lety

      ​@@forefatherofmankind3305 that would be hectic i guess
      btw thank you very much for the help

    • @souravsharma5668
      @souravsharma5668 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@huangjunwei7211 thank you very much to you too

  • @Adeptzed
    @Adeptzed Pƙed 3 lety +11

    Very informative. Thank you. Helpful to know the differences with online and offline as well.

  • @Schnitzer325ci
    @Schnitzer325ci Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Thank you for this. We've got a major issue with users saving their entire lives on the desktop. Knowing this is unprotected just adds weight to the enforcement of a clean desktop policy.

  • @Ali_1PercentBetter
    @Ali_1PercentBetter Pƙed 3 lety +262

    the "offline test" is a brutal one⚡⚡ , I would like to see this mode tested on kaspersky and bitdefender. plz implement this in your future tests as well. ✹

    • @sean8102
      @sean8102 Pƙed 3 lety +31

      Very true. Defender relies heavily on its cloud scanning ability for detection. With it has a excellent detection ratio. Without it, when it's just using the latest virus definitions update it has it's detection ratio goes way down. But I don't see that as a problem. When am I gonnna be running random or sketchy executables (and from what source if I'm offline) when I have no internet connection. And why in the world would I ever turn off "Cloud-delivered protection" in defender. Well also.. even with internet you're an idiot if you just trust downloading and running executables from any source.

    • @yokez
      @yokez Pƙed 2 lety +3

      âšĄïžâšĄïž?

    • @LakadMatatag2702
      @LakadMatatag2702 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@sean8102 You don't understand the meaning of the second test? It is called Zero-day test. It measures the ability to deal against a completely new ransomware of your AV software.

  • @stevelamparas
    @stevelamparas Pƙed 3 lety +9

    Keep up the good work.Your videos are so helpful!

  • @judenihal
    @judenihal Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Do a full OFFLINE backup of your entire system, and do not leave your backup copy live, ever! Yes you will lose data if you get hit, but at least you won't lose everything, and mini backups can also come in handy if you need to quickly back up small changes.

  • @adamkamali
    @adamkamali Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Would be nice if you can do the same test but this time with Windows Defender ATP.
    Great video by the way. Thanks

  • @Timanator
    @Timanator Pƙed 3 lety +4

    it me up if you want to try this against the Crowdstrike Falcon. Great videos, subscribed!

  • @cariberp94
    @cariberp94 Pƙed rokem

    Bro I really do appreciate you for this help, Thanks! I subscribed and Liked the video.

  • @atpray
    @atpray Pƙed 3 lety +383

    We need a Kaspersky vs Bitdefender 2021 , fresh samples. Eagerly waiting.

    • @atpray
      @atpray Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @stonks ÂŻ\_àŒŒáŽŒÙ„ÍœáŽŒàŒœ_/ÂŻ

    • @TheHobbitmann
      @TheHobbitmann Pƙed 3 lety +5

      @stonks Bitdefender anyday

    • @Rai649
      @Rai649 Pƙed 3 lety +14

      kaspersky anyday

    • @breakingthe4thwall260
      @breakingthe4thwall260 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      no we don't we have seen those 2 tested into the ground. when you just keep testing the same thing over and over and over it gets really boring. test something new instead of the same old tired stuff.

    • @AbdulWahab-gq1lw
      @AbdulWahab-gq1lw Pƙed 3 lety +4

      and norton

  • @RickSanchezC-id8fp
    @RickSanchezC-id8fp Pƙed 3 lety +165

    I'd like to see what the free versions of antivirus programs have such as avast and bitdefender this was very interesting 👍

    • @voxsq
      @voxsq Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Anything free to do with security is shit and you shouldn’t use it.

    • @happylittlekyobashidragon42
      @happylittlekyobashidragon42 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@voxsq agreed

    • @itsTyrion
      @itsTyrion Pƙed rokem

      @@voxsq so.. defender too? :D

    • @Ttegegg
      @Ttegegg Pƙed rokem

      @@itsTyrion mean I visited the official twitch stream download and tell me I visited a dangerous website. It was guardio

  • @shintsu01
    @shintsu01 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    This result makes me interested to know what tool is defending you the most. I expected that Windows Defender was good enough these days. but apparently not.

  • @sheikhtashdeedahmed
    @sheikhtashdeedahmed Pƙed 3 lety

    As soon as I found your channel via a video suggestion, I immideately clicked and subbed to your channel.
    I also pressed the bell icon and I don't do that. When was the last time I did that, I don't remember. Stay blessed.

  • @MatthewHart2014
    @MatthewHart2014 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Awesome content! I just started my degree in cyber security and this is super cool to watch!

  • @mnabeelmansoor
    @mnabeelmansoor Pƙed 3 lety +18

    Looking forward for a Dr. Web Security Space review eagerly :)

  • @tomhoni9642
    @tomhoni9642 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    is it possible that these malware things be executed automatically? i mean manually starting a .exe, with brain.exe offline nothing will safe you

  • @JoaoBatista-yq4ml
    @JoaoBatista-yq4ml Pƙed 2 lety +4

    I wonder if Windows Defender would detect those malwares under different circumstances. For example, if you download a infected program from the internet versus putting it directly on your computer via pen drive or virtual machine copy paste. Windows seems to be more restrictive of what you can execute that way.

  • @SouravDuttaKolkata
    @SouravDuttaKolkata Pƙed 3 lety +1

    My pc have been hacked by .jugd ransomware. My 3 drives got infected. Disconnected by internet. Tried to get into safe mode, got into a recovery mode loop and locked out from entering windows. Then i detached all the drives and now am running my pc on a spare drive. Now what should i do with the infected drives? Any suggestions.
    Now, what if i install a licensed antivirus, Kaspersky and connect the drives and scan them to remove the ransomwares and salvage whatever thats not infected?
    Please help...

  • @alwinanilkumar2625
    @alwinanilkumar2625 Pƙed 3 lety +116

    One of my favourite series in whole youtube 😂

  • @stephangraber2096
    @stephangraber2096 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    I am assuming your not using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in the video, right?

  • @shadowfear9161
    @shadowfear9161 Pƙed 2 lety

    THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG

  • @VEKTOR_87
    @VEKTOR_87 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    ah my fav channel back with a new vid !!

  • @SheyD78
    @SheyD78 Pƙed 3 lety +27

    Seems like the offline test had the various programs fighting each other to encrypt the pc. I wonder if anything would actually be recoverable with that level of infection?

    • @brunus0159
      @brunus0159 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I don't think, files was encrypted and re encrypted several times, also with some unecryped files copy there is no way to known what appened to the files so you can't known what encryption type was used ecc.

  • @Robert-nz2qw
    @Robert-nz2qw Pƙed 3 lety +5

    Regarding Protected Folders: do you need to protect folders that are synchronized to Dropbox, Google and OneDrive (etc?). What would happen if such a folder were to get "ransomwared"?

    • @estiennetaylor1260
      @estiennetaylor1260 Pƙed 2 lety

      Ransomware haven't get there yet. It only infects system level not cloud folders. All my files are stored in OneDrive anyways.

  • @vojtechstarek2766
    @vojtechstarek2766 Pƙed rokem

    Just wanted to express how helpful your videos are!! you are extrely good at explaining tNice tutorialngs in-depth but still at a basic level for

  • @PhillipStarke
    @PhillipStarke Pƙed 3 lety +64

    Was this an admin account? Wouldn't the results be better if you used a standard account?

    • @Faraonqbg
      @Faraonqbg Pƙed 3 lety +15

      it will. you won't be able to run most of them in the first place.

    • @FranciscoHenriques
      @FranciscoHenriques Pƙed 3 lety

      Would be safer in a way but I think the only difference is it would show the escalation process so you could get rid of it ?

  • @mr.ledger
    @mr.ledger Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Would USB storage devices become infected by being plugged in to one if these systems? If so what good is having protected folders if you can't get them out of there

  • @IdahoPhelan
    @IdahoPhelan Pƙed 3 lety +12

    Would be nice to see how modern anti-virus handles these files as well.

    • @estiennetaylor1260
      @estiennetaylor1260 Pƙed 2 lety

      Windows security works like a charm, unlike a lot of free antivirus solutions that's on the market, without hampering system performance. You can enhanced Windows defender settings to prevent common attack scenarios that many free antivirus lacks.

  • @luigisignore7175
    @luigisignore7175 Pƙed rokem

    OMG, it really worked. Thank you so much!!

  • @billn.1318
    @billn.1318 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Very good demo! Defender has come a long way since I dont know.. XP? I used to buy webroot and kaspersky for protection (along with malwarebytes) but I find that I rarely run into threats other than web redirects and pop ups that make you think your pc is compromised. All you do is ctrl alt del and close the browser and clear the history :) Now, Defender is all use for Windows 10 and it has definitely got better since Win10 was introduced. The ultimate protection from these viruses (whether you use it for home or business network joined pc) is to either create an elevated user account to authenticate changes to your pc or get a product that handles threat protection and create your own exclusions of what certain .exe can run on your pc. If its not a recognized .exe, .msi or .dll, it is blocked and only you can approve it. There is a product for that, but I cant post it here :)

  • @mtnbkr2011
    @mtnbkr2011 Pƙed 3 lety +14

    I know some ransomware will be able to encrypt files even in OneDrive but I know MS has tried to make OneDrive security better. I'd be curious how different AV's react if the user is using OneDrive for documents, pictures, etc...

    • @dvkad
      @dvkad Pƙed 3 lety +6

      AV's might not do much, but you'll certainly get an email from Onedrive once it detects a large number of encrypted files in it. It'll let you know that signs of ransomware has been detected, and will ask you if you'd like to recover the files. You get around 30 days and a couple of warnings before it finally goes away. Coupled with Defender, a good adblocker and some good old common sense, I don't see Ransomware as that problematic an issue.

    • @Hellraiser988
      @Hellraiser988 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@dvkad in my opinion you download random shit you get what you get

  • @johnharrison712
    @johnharrison712 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    How did you get those 60 exe files, I been looking at doing some pen testing in my home lab and just couldn't find anything that has software like that?.

    • @sleepyuser5189
      @sleepyuser5189 Pƙed 3 lety

      ahem, enderman's repositary *cough* *cough*

    • @smithwilliams5637
      @smithwilliams5637 Pƙed 3 lety

      Same im here selling my soul to the devil and doing intensive lateral movement in c++ but a crap c# malware executes task and open tcp socket with poor very poor coding I need to do forensics on those crappy files see how they arent triggering.

  • @dictatorduckula9181
    @dictatorduckula9181 Pƙed 2 lety

    hi and regard.i recently targeted with a ransomware and it has .irfk on every file i have but actually not all of em.my desktop is not encrypted and also some of my files with 2 or more folder in them like i have a tech folder in a tech 2 folder in a tech 3 folder and tech folder and all the data in it is not encrypted.i wanted to know if these files are infected too or can i save them? i wanted to format all my drives and reinstall windows and i wanted to know if i can manage to save these files or they are infected aswell and can effect my pc later on. tnx and regard.

  • @recursoseninternet
    @recursoseninternet Pƙed 2 lety +4

    excellent video (like all your tests) but I have 2 questions. is there any more effective antivirus than windows defender that also includes the folder protection function? or if that is not possible, is there any additional antivirus that can coexist with defender to continue using folders protected by defender and have a better additional antivirus?

    • @alastorclark3492
      @alastorclark3492 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      You can side along any legitamite virus protector and they will both work. Use cloud sync for redundancy

    • @nameless9160
      @nameless9160 Pƙed rokem +1

      Kaspersky

  • @ItzMasterEmil
    @ItzMasterEmil Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Good informative and transparent video! Could you do Norton vs the same threats and see how well it holds up?

    • @alastorclark3492
      @alastorclark3492 Pƙed 2 lety

      Cloud sync and you can wipe your computer on a daily let alone the odd virus

  • @fido139
    @fido139 Pƙed 3 lety +49

    I've used the built in Windows AV since it came out with XP, never a virus yet. 95% smart surfing.

    • @alandunaway3000
      @alandunaway3000 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      Windows XP didn't have an AV, only a Firewall.

    • @MJBrabantNZL
      @MJBrabantNZL Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Not built in, no. But defender was downloadable.

    • @user-iz3vq4ex3w
      @user-iz3vq4ex3w Pƙed 2 lety +3

      smart surfing thats the bottomline 👍

    • @GameFanaTICK386
      @GameFanaTICK386 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Can't know if you have viruses if you have nothing to detect it. Keyloggers will not alert you that anything is on your PC.

  • @peaceloveharmony4854
    @peaceloveharmony4854 Pƙed 2 lety

    Lol I never watched your videos before and when the ad jingle played the ding at the end reminded me of alt-1's ding for Runescape and made me start looking for Runescape running.

  • @wolphin732
    @wolphin732 Pƙed 3 lety

    Does the Adding a folder also protect subfolders? I don't just toss all my photos in the Photos folder; they are all organized by year, month, day/event. I don't want to have to list my decade plus directories indevidually. Nor my other folders. Can I just tell it to protect my other drives and have it do so?

  • @tbrand1968
    @tbrand1968 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Leo, have you ever done a "internet based" attack vector? As in possible compromises from corrupt websites, or scareware type popups. Something that an average user would come across while browsing the "web"... or even antivirus vs. phishing/scam emails (especially if a user follows the rabbit down the rabbit hole). I'm trying to find something I can send my users/students to show how to be vigilant against these pesky annoyances. Just curious.

  • @presidentobunga8102
    @presidentobunga8102 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    A week ago I had Windows Defender detect a trojan. I want to know that if I clicked the remove program on Windows Defender if it removes the program and deletes it or if it just removes it from the quarentine.

  • @dorcaslukela4073
    @dorcaslukela4073 Pƙed rokem

    An excellent video turned out, everything is well thought out, a very clear instruction turned out)))

  • @zoommonkey
    @zoommonkey Pƙed 3 lety

    cool vid just found you via reddit. got u my sub as i like ur content. what AV do you recommend. I fully plan watching your other vids in due time but i thought id ask. ty

    • @pcsecuritychannel
      @pcsecuritychannel  Pƙed 3 lety +1

      The website will answer your questions: www.thepcsecuritychannel.com/best-antivirus

  • @CiberBago
    @CiberBago Pƙed 3 lety +3

    I didn't know the controlled access option was so good. Thank you so much!

  • @cosmo9x
    @cosmo9x Pƙed 3 lety +57

    Homie has a whole folder full of ransomware executables

    • @strider029
      @strider029 Pƙed 3 lety

      @ambassador Browse torrents lmao

    • @Nexandr
      @Nexandr Pƙed 3 lety +4

      @ambassador Imagine if the hacker runs the malware executables unknowingly and gets his PC locked.

    • @prla5400
      @prla5400 Pƙed 2 lety

      @ambassador bruh

  • @muhamadluthfia2580
    @muhamadluthfia2580 Pƙed rokem

    Hell yeah man good work

  • @bunz9939
    @bunz9939 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    great channel for knowledge on how to better protect our PC. two thumbs up

  • @AsifAkbarDip
    @AsifAkbarDip Pƙed 3 lety +28

    Can you please review kaspersky, eset, bitdefender, avast, avg, panda, reve and other anti virus....

    • @slavboii420
      @slavboii420 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @crinaizer It is good enough, but Kaspersky and Bitdefender also provides free products for better protection, if you go through shady sites or doesn't know if a malware is downloaded. Or just a bit of extra protection.
      BTW, I use Kaspersky

    • @jacobrodrigues6754
      @jacobrodrigues6754 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@slavboii420 Windows Defender:I'm black I'm trash-
      Users Who Use Kaspersky:your tras-
      Microsoft:We Don't Do that here

  • @broke880
    @broke880 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    I love malware bytes bro when i first was getting into computers i tried to get Minecraft shaders and ended up getting a crap ton of viruses and that baby saved me :)

  • @markvandoren3387
    @markvandoren3387 Pƙed 3 lety

    Thanks for the information.

  • @LetMeTellYouAbout
    @LetMeTellYouAbout Pƙed 2 lety

    at 2:42 the video started glitching out and doing the source engine thing. Turns out when I set my phone on my laptop I was accidentally depressing the down arrow key so it was forcing the video to repeat the first .3 seconds a bunch

  • @JJW83641
    @JJW83641 Pƙed 2 lety +28

    I heard someone say that it's bad to get multiple security apps because it scans each others scans and will cause a chai reaction loop and increase your CPU really high.

  • @FreshAppleSlices
    @FreshAppleSlices Pƙed 2 lety +25

    if this ever happened to me, I'd only be upset that I have to redownload everything from steam đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž

    • @butituti
      @butituti Pƙed 2 lety +1

      same, maybe some lost progress that didn't back up in time would be somewhat annoying

    • @BloonPlays
      @BloonPlays Pƙed 2 lety

      @@butituti like in geometry dash, but I guess it’s fair since there is a lot of data in that game so it can’t just save everything automatically

    • @BloonPlays
      @BloonPlays Pƙed 2 lety

      Or Pokémon

    • @butituti
      @butituti Pƙed 2 lety

      @@BloonPlays How do you play pokemon on pc?

    • @nebula534
      @nebula534 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@butituti using emulators.

  • @estebanod
    @estebanod Pƙed 3 lety +1

    You once talked about a website where you could analyze which ransomware attacked us.
    But I can't find it.
    Does anyone has the link please ?

  • @nodvick
    @nodvick Pƙed 3 lety

    the windows tasks I do I still do on windows 7, question about windows 10.. This is the first I'm hearing about the protected folder feature of win10, can you add specific directories to this feature, and having this feature enabled what must you do to make intended changes to the contents, input a password periodically?

  • @esthermarye
    @esthermarye Pƙed 3 lety +19

    best advise : Make backups ! I keep telling people keep your important data on a backup drive, or a backup server.. I use a NAS for my backups, an external drive not in my house (also helps against fire etc) and have some data encrypted on my google drive..

    • @BALLOOROOM
      @BALLOOROOM Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Exactly! You can clone your Windows boot drive really fast with how fast drives are today. When things go haywire - just swap in the clone.

    • @judenihal
      @judenihal Pƙed 2 lety +3

      HAHAHAHAHAHA! Good luck uploading and encrypting 1 TB of data onto Google Cloud or any cloud service!

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@BALLOOROOM That's the way I go. I got a somewhat large external drive (4TB) and copy my entire Windows drive to it every 2 or 3 months. I compress the image with gzip (using pigz for multithred compression) and the 256GB drive comes down to a 40GB file.

    • @juniorsilvabroadcast
      @juniorsilvabroadcast Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@gragogflying-anvil3605 I want to start doing this. I need to get a new 4tb hard-drive so I can clone the first one every week.

    • @bobbyferg9173
      @bobbyferg9173 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@judenihal Do people generally have an entire terabyte of things they want to keep? And I don’t mean every useless file downloaded on a computer, but files people actually want to keep. Even if you need that much space, cloud services do offer plans with more space

  • @deepmeyt
    @deepmeyt Pƙed 3 lety +28

    Linux users: interesting
    Kali Linux users: *intresting*

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Average PC user: Bloody Linux on my laptop has gone wrong..... again!
      Why is Linux so unreliable? Why are so many Linux users in denial of the built-in unreliability?
      Why are the Linux 'help' sites so snotty and unhelpful? Why do they suggest so many solutions for the same, recurring, problems, and why do most of these 'solutions' just not work?
      Thank heavens I have Windows on my main machine!

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@oldbatwit5102 You seem very salty and misinformed :/

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@gragogflying-anvil3605 I may be 'salty' but I am not misinformed.

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@oldbatwit5102 Your comment made you seem misinformed. I'm sorry if that was a wrong conclusion.

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@gragogflying-anvil3605 That's cool. I have been using Linux on my laptop for about 6 years. I like it and it works well nearly all the time but.... I have had a really hard time fixing things when they have gone wrong. I don't/can't code and in my experience the online 'help' is quite poor.
      My desktop uses window and on the very rare occasions that I have had a problem the answer has always been quick and easy to find and implement.
      I am pro the use and spread of Linux but wouldn't personally use it for business due to my lack of computer skills.

  • @kirknelson156
    @kirknelson156 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    what I don't get about this is after all this time surely there must be a way for windows to detect something is trying to encrypt files and not pop up a dialog box asking are you sure???? is it that hard for the OS to be set to block all file encryption without user confirmation?

  • @mercuries4708
    @mercuries4708 Pƙed 2 lety

    Last month i got a problem on my laptop, the virus is attacking my boot system. So when i reboot my laptop it said my "StrTrail.txt" was corrupted/error. Even i use system restore point where i before downloaded the software, it still blue screen while booting. Does that count as a dangerous virus? Or it can be removed easily?

  • @FortyTwoAnswerToEverything
    @FortyTwoAnswerToEverything Pƙed 3 lety +12

    I keep OneDrive and GoogleDrive from running 24/7 for fear that my PC gets hijacked and ends up syncing the encrypted files with my online synced files

    • @chriswright8074
      @chriswright8074 Pƙed 3 lety

      Hell naw it's call a good external hard drive with a lock it you paranoid you want anyone at google looking through your files

    • @powerman2610
      @powerman2610 Pƙed 3 lety

      File History

    • @waupacachainolakes8629
      @waupacachainolakes8629 Pƙed 3 lety

      Yes, i got ransomed and one drive synced them up to the cloud - so, all local and cloud files were locked .... thank goodness i had a back up that was not connected to the local computer

    • @FortyTwoAnswerToEverything
      @FortyTwoAnswerToEverything Pƙed 3 lety

      @@waupacachainolakes8629 Yeah I also have a NAS but I keep it turned off most of the time until I want to do a full backup.

    • @TheEmolano
      @TheEmolano Pƙed 2 lety

      @@waupacachainolakes8629 but I think driver store versions so you should have been ablr to revert it

  • @breakingthe4thwall260
    @breakingthe4thwall260 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Can you specify under what scenario Defender is sufficient. such as if your just a home user and also could you go over the version of defender they now make for business an monitoring in real time . show us the ins and outs and how effective that is compared to the home version!

  • @gta5onlineshorts
    @gta5onlineshorts Pƙed 3 lety

    very well
    my windows defender always finds 1 threat in the 1st search and fixes it.
    However it is not shown in the history nor in the 2 log files. Do you know how to solve it?

  • @neilslater877
    @neilslater877 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    How do you even keep up with AV constantly updating. Like what do you study to give you enough improvisation to debug av and find holes? I feel like I’m stuck in learning about this because I only know old exploits. For the people who make exploits, what’s the methodology.

  • @DavidSmith-ir4hl
    @DavidSmith-ir4hl Pƙed 3 lety +104

    I noticed at 2 minutes and 33 seconds that windows did ask whether the scarab.exe file should be run. I would have expected that any one with a bit of common sense would have selected No preventing file from executing and encrypting files on the PC.

    • @killerexe007
      @killerexe007 Pƙed 3 lety +40

      Normally it would not be named scarab.exe, but something that a normal user would OK without thinking about, something like "Windows update.exe"

    • @hackedcj7753
      @hackedcj7753 Pƙed 3 lety +29

      Do you want to protect your PC.exe

    • @weberman173
      @weberman173 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@killerexe007 i mean, i would stil conssider that the average user would think twice when your anti virus tells you "hey, something is weird here"

    • @weberman173
      @weberman173 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      that and the unknown publisher part

    • @whosCrea8e
      @whosCrea8e Pƙed 2 lety +12

      @@weberman173 yeah, no. if you supported end users in a business environment you'd know the average end user would 100% press yes on that, even if they didn't recognize the name. end users are really ignorant towards technology, that's why people are paid to support them lol

  • @slavboii420
    @slavboii420 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    Why does this channel not have at least a million subs? It is so good content!
    BTW, I am waiting for Kaspersky vs Bitdefender 2021

  • @ants6649
    @ants6649 Pƙed rokem

    It worked perfectly!!! Thank you so much

  • @dougholtz
    @dougholtz Pƙed 3 lety +1

    I've also added my backup drive and my mapped drives to my server for "controlled folder access". I'm not sure what "protected memory access" is doing, but it pops up as a notification often.

    • @FranciscoHenriques
      @FranciscoHenriques Pƙed 3 lety

      Buffer overflow protection, and protecting sensitive areas in your memory where system files are stored. For example, game trainers change some areas of the memory where the game is running to different values. This is where protected memory access comes.

  • @robertolopez3087
    @robertolopez3087 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    what kind of virus protection would you recommend? i've always been so unsure of what would be the best to use but i know i should get something more than just windows defender.

    • @fedreck89
      @fedreck89 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Probably kaspersky, free version is just as good as the premium (although you need to watch out for ransomware because free version doesnt protect against it very well)

    • @donerzombie1349
      @donerzombie1349 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@fedreck89 actually, windows defender is amongst the best protections. Kaspersky free is worse, actual full-version Kaspersky is better.

    • @fedreck89
      @fedreck89 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@donerzombie1349 That is true if you did some hardening on window defender. However since its built in the first thing thats gonna come into mind of a virus creator is to somehow bypass it, thankfully that is alot harder now since they improved the security by alot.

    • @emilianonuke
      @emilianonuke Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Unless you are going into sketchy places Windows defender works just fine, if you scan files and downloads often and use common sense you're good

    • @donerzombie1349
      @donerzombie1349 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@fedreck89 The problem you describe is more of the general windows issue. But yeah, it's definitely better to develop with the Windiws Defender in mind. But that doesn't make it obsolete, it just means that security measures built in into it are less likely to survive the decade compared to those not built in. It doesn't diminish any of the prioritised work of any proper AV, scanning the internet for dangerous software, deciphering it and getting a countermeasure out to all users of the AV. And the Windows Defender, although not flawless, is one of the best at doing this

  • @traver1965
    @traver1965 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Why is Defender relying on cloud services to that degree? It should have an local database with signatures for all known ransomware/virus since last update

    • @Jacob_Overby
      @Jacob_Overby Pƙed 2 lety

      They want your data one way or another

    • @markiel55
      @markiel55 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      The reason being is to get the most recent data. If those signatures are stored on your local computer, it would get outdated easily and you must "resync" just to fetch those signatures on a regular basis which would be annoying.

    • @user-fz8os2de6n
      @user-fz8os2de6n Pƙed rokem

      This CZcamsr disables some Windows Security settings and then loses.

  • @Crimson-Hat
    @Crimson-Hat Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Oh man I'm so scared of ransomware. They might encrypt my shitty memes I've been saving for 6 years.

  • @cerinthe802
    @cerinthe802 Pƙed 2 lety

    How is E2EE different from protected folders? Sorry, I'm a tad new to this, but thanks for any guidance.

  • @williamfitzpatrick6369
    @williamfitzpatrick6369 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Could you make the example screens a little smaller? I can still partially read them.

  • @imperiumcommentingnetwork4677
    @imperiumcommentingnetwork4677 Pƙed 3 lety +27

    As a Linux user, I find this fascinating. Would really like to see how well Bitdefender does as i occasionally dual boot.

    • @brenlouissurio2404
      @brenlouissurio2404 Pƙed 3 lety +24

      They really tell everyone they're vegan/linux user. I'm quite amazed, I thought those are just jokes.

    • @Neibilim
      @Neibilim Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Yeap, it's like Mandatory

    • @bikboi3292
      @bikboi3292 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@brenlouissurio2404 just like what the legends tell.

    • @evantanuwidjaja8017
      @evantanuwidjaja8017 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      amogus?

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@brenlouissurio2404 It's relevant to the comment he gave, so what.
      Also, those "Linux vegans" are not telling you they use Linux, they you they are using Arch (btw). And yes, that's some kind of meme. Installing Arch is not easy, so it's some kind of accomplishment.

  • @nikanj
    @nikanj Pƙed 2 lety

    Do you have VBS and HVCI enabled. Would the be effective is blocking some of these threats?

  • @teefhennessy
    @teefhennessy Pƙed 2 lety

    Will you be redoing tests of Cylance, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne for 2021? It's been 2 years since last tests, I wonder if things have changed.

  • @TheUltimateYouTuberyay
    @TheUltimateYouTuberyay Pƙed 3 lety +52

    FYI: The Jester, is an actual hacker. He is a White Hat. That Ransomware message is a reference to the show Mr. Robot

    • @Dig_Duke_SFM
      @Dig_Duke_SFM Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Okay ima sound dumb af right now bit what is a white hat? It sounds like someone who has some type of political power who can't be stopped. I know nothing about hackers names or aliases.

    • @TheUltimateYouTuberyay
      @TheUltimateYouTuberyay Pƙed 3 lety +11

      @@Dig_Duke_SFM White Hat: A hacker who works for law enforcement or government agencies.
      Grey Hat: Hacktivist, someone who doesn't hack for their own benefit, but the greater good.
      Black Hat: A hacker who hacks to hack. Mainly for their own personal gain or because someone hired them to do something.

    • @samaelhg
      @samaelhg Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@TheUltimateCZcamsryay I only knew white hat I was pretty confused to what other hats meant thanks.

    • @Dig_Duke_SFM
      @Dig_Duke_SFM Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@TheUltimateCZcamsryay thank you! 😊

    • @whocares7078
      @whocares7078 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@TheUltimateCZcamsryay I mean you’re right but also wrong. White hat means you have ethics. Job doesn’t have too entitle law enforcement or gov.

  • @microcloudhd9231
    @microcloudhd9231 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    You need to do Windows 10X vs malware. I'm curious to see if any Windows malware can infect it.

    • @slavboii420
      @slavboii420 Pƙed 3 lety

      It is gonna be hard as the normal x64 and x86 files are not gonna run on Windows 10X so there is not so much malware around.

    • @gragogflying-anvil3605
      @gragogflying-anvil3605 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Was Win10x ever released in some form?

  • @hashoshosaf
    @hashoshosaf Pƙed rokem

    harika bir test videosu olmuƟ.. windows gĂŒvenlik konusunda oldukça ilerleme sağladı.. ben w11 22h2 kullanıyorum.. deyim yerinde pcye sinek bile giremiyor.. tebrikler microsoft

  • @mannequindisplay
    @mannequindisplay Pƙed 3 lety

    OK Question for you as for example I do not keep any pictures or documents on C: at all even my music is on another drive as I have been doing this for years and I am not worried about wiping it clean as I got nothing on there worth while to save. My Question is does the Ransomware look at other drives or external drives on your system? Could you not reinstall a fresh copy of Windows and then scan all your other drives one by one?