I know Avast maybe heading in this direction and other antivirus solutions do use this method as a heuristical way of checking files but what I would like to know is, are there privacy issues involved as in effect your data is being analysed “off-site” as it were?
If someone could enlighten me as to if this is of concern or am I looking at this the wrong way, many thanks for responses on this matter
ps will cloud scanning be in the PRO/AIS version only? (thats if its not a secret)
Well, you need to update the file (or at least part of them) to be analyzed.
Full cloud behavior analysis will require the whole file to be uploaded.
You need to trust your security company. I won’t be worried about avast.
As far I know, the cloud technology will be present both on pro and free versions.
do you know what the procedure is for checking files when cloud scanning becomes available ie does it check local definitions first or cloud server checks first etc
also does it check every file or just executables etc
and would the transferred files be sent encrypted as to not be intercepted over the internet
edit: if you dont know its okay I’m just a bit concerned by the principle of it
I don’t know.
Comodo cloud antivirus runs (by default) only on access (not on demand scannings by default).
The file is scanned locally, if unknown, checked against whitelists and trusted lists locally, then uploaded to the cloud to be analyzed (run virtually). They promise to return the answer in 15 minutes (most) to the user.
I’m not super knowledgable on this subject and its this reason I am apprehensive of this technology, I am even unsure about the new CIS 5 due to this “in the cloud” business although its probably just this specific concern that stops me installing things :-[