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Title: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: RejZoR on June 16, 2015, 03:33:16 PM
Any info on how new HIPS sensitivity settings affect the HIPS engine? Are they rather easily separated/defined or it's really hard to explain it?

I'd like to know more so I'd know what level to use and all that...
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: Rednose on June 16, 2015, 03:57:49 PM
And which system modifications exactly does it monitor for ?

Greetz, Red.
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: RejZoR on June 16, 2015, 05:24:51 PM
I also hope malicious behavior works if you uncheck unauthorized modifications checkbox. I remember avast! 5 having a bug where first one became entirely inactive if you've unchecked the second one...

I prefer this one with max sensitivity, but only with first option enabled that only monitors actual malware behavior and not potentially malicious actions that are usually mostly legit.
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: Rednose on June 17, 2015, 02:55:39 PM
Hi guys:)

MartinZ prommised me that one of the enigneers will provide more details about the HIPS soon.

Greetz, Red.
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: TrueIndian on June 18, 2015, 10:41:17 AM
So far I am quite confused with this entire HIPS functionality in avast.It looks like a revived behaviour shield to me.I threw some malware at it just for fun's sake even though it's still a beta.I only saw a very few HIPS alert.I know its just a beta and they will get it working in the final.

It would be interesting to read the explaination of how this HIPS works? I don't see any advanced options for it.It monitors actual malware behaviour not suspicious ones??
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: RejZoR on June 18, 2015, 03:41:43 PM
Can you test it using such settings? I think this makes the most sense as a default widely used option. I want it to only react to malware behavior and not to every suspicious thing.
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: TrueIndian on June 19, 2015, 06:00:26 AM
OK tested with beta 1 with default settings.Now I am seeing alerts.So it's not exactly a passive HIPS.It's just the old behaviour shield revisited.The only difference is around this time,it works.

ReZ,the new beta seems to be doing fine with the HIPS in default settings.
Title: Re: HIPS sensitivity levels differences?
Post by: RejZoR on June 19, 2015, 08:49:41 AM
I'm interested in the above configuration. I want it to only trigger itself when malware like behavior is encountered, not on every suspicious thing...