Antivirus comparison
The most widely used solutions on the market at a glance
| Vendor | Sophos | Kaspersky | McAfee Ikarus |
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| ATTACK SURFACE REDUCTION |
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| Web Security | Y | Y | Y | N |
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| Download Reputation | Y | Y | Y | N |
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| Web Control/Category-based URL filtering | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Peripheral Control (e.g. USB) |
Y | Y | Y | N |
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| Application Control | Y | Y | Y | N |
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| BEFORE EXECUTION ON THE DEVICE |
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| “Deep Learning” malware detection | Y | O | O | N |
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| Anti-malware file scanning | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Live Protection | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Pre-execution behaviour analysis (HIPS) | Y | Y | Y | N |
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| Blocking of potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Data Loss Prevention | Y | Y | Y | N |
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| Exploit Prevention | Y | N | N | N |
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| STOPPING THREATS DURING EXECUTION |
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| Runtime behaviour analysis (HIPS) | Y | N | O | X |
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| Malicious Traffic Detection (MTD) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Active Adversary Mitigations | Y | N | N | N |
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| Ransomware File Protection (CryptoGuard) | Y | Y | Y | O |
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| Disk and Boot Record Protection (WipeGuard) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Man-in-the-Browser Protection (Safe Browsing) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION |
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| Automated malware removal | Y | Y | Y | X |
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| Synchronized with firewall | Y | X | X | X |
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| Root cause analysis | Y | X | X | Y |
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| Automatic restoration to original state | Y | X | X | X |
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| Network-wide threat hunting | Y | Y | Y | X |
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| Guided analyses | Y | Y | Y | X |
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| Deep Learning malware analysis | Y | O | O | X |
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| Threat intelligence from a Labs available on demand | Y | Y | Y | X |
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| Export of forensic data | Y | X | X | X |
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| Endpoint isolation | Y | X | X | X |
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| Test reports (5 very good, 4 good, 3 satisfactory) |
5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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Y = Yes - Available
X = not available
O = only limited support