AVLab - We test SecureAPlus Pro by breaking down anti-malware product into individual

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Preparing a new review of SecureAPlus was not an easy task. How to comprehensively evaluate the product that gets outstanding results in the AVLab and CheckLab tests by verifying protection using many thousands of malware samples? For this reason, Instead of at the beginning, we will start at the end because contextually, it will be easier to understand the operating principle of SecureAPlus. We start the detailed review with a listing of arguments that should not install the security software SecureAPlus. Why should not he do that? Which group of new users should choose the solution from a distant Singapore?
 

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We cannot recommend SecureAPlus to anyone because prompts, although prompts are readable and understandable for people with more excellent knowledge of security, they do not help beginners in understanding the problem. However, we have to start learning about security someday. Therefore we will show the operation of SecureAPlus on the example of installing a theoretically secure client of FileZilla in Windows 10.

FileZilla is a popular software to exchange files between a user’s computer and a server. It is the most often chosen client for managing files by programmers. To break down the operation of the SecureAPlus antivirus into individual parts, we have used an installer with the following metadata:

* Downloaded from the developer official website: https://filezilla-project.org
* With the checksum: f3cb95a52d2bee102e74cb97ddb9669720445fd48f89c6bc922625879bdc6430
* With a certificate issued by DigiCert.
* It recognizes the installer as a potential threat by 17 scanners on 20 September 2019.

SecureAPlus in normal mode does not take any automatic decision. Users who are not very insightful can initially have problems with making relevant decisions on appearing questions when installing various types of software.

We have downloaded the installer „FileZilla_3.44.2_win64_sponsored-setup.exe” from the developer official website. Immediately after its launch, SecureAPlus notifies with first prompt of potential problems with security:
 

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