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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Legends are still waiting for Kaspersky Vs Bitdefender 2021

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. ✨

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG

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

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

ah my fav channel back with a new vid !!

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

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.

One of my favourite series in whole youtube 😂

It worked perfectly!!! Thank you so much

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 :)

Homie has a whole folder full of ransomware executables

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?

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.

Hell yeah man good work

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

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

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

if this ever happened to me, I'd only be upset that I have to redownload everything from steam 🤷‍♂️

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?

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

you have about the software. I personally enjoy learning so it was a little bit easier to do it over ti. But you’ll get there brother

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

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"?

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.

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

Thanks for the information.

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

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?.

Thanks for the video =)

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?

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

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

Informative Video ... Great

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?

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.

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 :)

Thanks for your information

Dear bro,very good vdo,I simply change settings in defender to enable all dirives,folders,etc.,to control folder access, it heavily blocking...working fine,I did not use any internet security,I upgrade windows 10 to 11 by enabled this option,I think this will block all bugs,now windows 11 working fine,thanks

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..

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...

i really apreciate your help with dowloanding this software

Super well explained.

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.

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

Hello there, where do you get all these malware to test in your environment ?. Great video.

works perfectly, thank you

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

"Anti-viruses are viruses, because you think you're completely safe but when you go to tons of sketchy websites, that's when you realize it" -Mutahar Anas

@The PC Security Channel have you done this test with Microsoft Defender ATP, if not can you do it please?

i think you test should make sure all settings are enabled, thneres some exploit settings disabled by default (cause they can cause incompatibility issues with some programs) and as well the virtualization of every process that can cause some performance loss and incompatibility with programs like virtual box or so..... that would be a test on windows defender on maximum settings (i mean settings on the user graphical interface only i know theres more)

Linux users: interesting Kali Linux users: *intresting*

After watching your videos, I went from Kaspersky, Then to Bitdefender and to no antivirus for couple of months and now using Windows Defender. I realized, Windows Defender is more than enough for my online protection. These videos of yours are good for testing purpose only. It is true, when they say the first defense is the user, then the firewall and last but not lease, the antivirus. I use Firefox with Multi-Container and NoScript. I surfed the net for months without using any antivirus. But your videos make the users very spooky. It makes them want to jump on the bandwagon, like get Kaspersky or Bitdefender or without this I'm wrecked.

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.

Could you make a video on the best behavior blocker technology out there and what makes it the best..

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

WOW great example, would there be any "conflict" in the 10 ransomware (2nd exp. w.o int) all trying to encrypt and the same time?

That was an excellent thrashing of the native Defender vs cloud SIEM Defender for Endpoint. I work for a VAR demoing the new MS security products and I can say you are on top of your game wringing reality from marketing. Quantitative result mean something. I'm bookmarking yer azz.