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[+hayc59]

Webroot SecureAnywhere delivers complete protection against viruses, spyware, and other online threats without slowing down computer performance or disrupting your normal activities. With its fast scans and one-click threat removal, you can rest assured that malware is eliminated quickly and easily. Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus uses a radically new cloud-based approach to online security that protects you against the latest threats as soon as they emerge. And it does so at blazing fast speeds, scanning your entire PC in about 2 minutes.

Webroot SecureAnywhere 2013 v8.0.2.37 Released
November 01 2012

Whats New
Improved
• Password Management installation process
• System Cleaner functionality
• Backup & Sync functionality
• Windows 8 compatibility
• Status reporting
Added
• Functionality for upcoming release of Password Management toolbar in Google Chrome
Fixed
• Issue with Backup & Sync overlay icons
• Stray crash involving System Analyzer

Download: SecureAnywhere 2013
Changelog: SecureAnywhere 8.0

[Marshall]

I don't see anything in the change log about detection rate improvements. That's the problem I had when I had it installed for just under a week.

I intentionally visit a lot of dodgy sites, and have never been infected using Nod32. During that time that I tried out Webroot I was infected multiple times with trojans and malware. Needless to say, I went back to Nod32.

This is just my experience with Webroot. I think this cloud-based AV is headed in the right direction, it's just not quite there yet.

[+remixedcat]

Av comparitives ranked them very low as well that sucks because they have a lot of potential!!!

[Greg Davis]

The reason why Webroot SecureAnywhere may score lower in some tests is because Webroot’s solutions work differently than traditional security solutions by focusing on the behavior of files that try to execute on a system regardless of whether or not we have seen that file previously and have a signature for it. Any unknown file is monitored and its behavior journaled as it tries to execute. Please see the following post on the Webroot Community.

Thanks

remixedcat, on 02 November 2012 - 20:41, said:

Av comparitives ranked them very low as well that sucks because they have a lot of potential!!!

[+remixedcat]

Greg Davis, on 19 November 2012 - 20:15, said:

The reason why Webroot SecureAnywhere may score lower in some tests is because Webroot’s solutions work differently than traditional security solutions by focusing on the behavior of files that try to execute on a system regardless of whether or not we have seen that file previously and have a signature for it. Any unknown file is monitored and its behavior journaled as it tries to execute. Please see the following post on the Webroot Community.

Thanks

Wow thanks a lot for the clarification!

[Greg Davis]

Glad I could help remixeedcat. If you look at the post on the Community that I linked to, there are other responses which explain the various intricacies of how SecureAnywhere at an even deeper level.

[+remixedcat]

and very nice explanations... I guess the grading method for that report needs to have a bit more work...


the topic on your forums was deleted!!!! why was it?