Emsisoft Anti-Malware is a piece of AV software that uses a dual scanning engine to detect threats. In this regard, the parallel use of BitDefender signatures along with its own is supposed to increase the effectiveness of this product. Emsisoft Anti-Malware has both a free and a paid version. Thus, although you can enjoy on-demand virus detection for free, you need to buy the complete license if you want to have real-time protection and receive various updates a day.
It is good you can start three types of scans: full, quick and custom. Just as their names suggest, full and quick checkups differ on their thoroughness and speed while a custom scan lets you examine only a particular element, such as a folder or a file. Luckily, it is possible to schedule periodical antivirus examinations.
As said, real-time protection is only available if you purchase it. This feature provides protection against dangerous websites based on a frequently updated list. Moreover, it can explore files on the background to check if they are blacklisted as malicious. Finally, it is also possible to detect infected files just because of their behavior.
Logically, the worth of any AV software lies on its effectiveness. Thanks goodness, Emsisoft Anti-Malware ranked among the best tools of its kind according to various benchmark tests available online. However, it has been reported as finding too many false positives based on their behavior, such is the case of some applications attempting to modify Windows startup list.
All in all, Emsisoft Anti-Malware has the main advantage of being highly reliable. Besides, it has a beautiful modern interface, which is appropriate for beginners and experts alike. Also, the tool is very configurable, including setting new rules and creating exclusion lists.
v6.5 [Apr 18, 2012]
- New email scanning plugins for MS Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010.
- Email client integration can be enabled in the general settings tab.
- Install/uninstall issues with email client plugins – fixed.
- Improved shutdown protection of Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service component.
- Added uninstall protection feature to avoid silent uninstalls.
- Improved remote installation capabilities for Enterprise solution.
- Added control interfaces required for OPSWAT OESIS certification.
- Major changes in Emsisoft Commandline Scanner: When placed along Emsisoft Anti-Malware, it now uses the update mechanism of Emsisoft Anti-Malware instead of standalone updates.
- Outlook plugins: Display bug in folder scan progress bar – fixed.
- Outlook plugins: Several crash bugs with special email formats – fixed.
- Outlook plugins: Quarantine and attachment removal bug – fixed.
- Outlook plugins: Code optimizations and minor bug fixes.
- Outlook plugins: Problem while loading signatures which caused Outlook startup error – fixed.
- Outlook plugins: minor bug fixes, fine tuning and additional debug information.
- Improved security measures in manual quarantine feature.
- Create rule bug in surf protection alerts – fixed.
- Service application crash bug - fixed.
- Minor problem in WSC support – fixed.
- Added more debug information to track scheduler troubles.
- Resume protection after manual pause of 10 or 60 minutes doesn’t work – fixed.
- Installation of the email scanner plugins for Outlook 2003/2007 doesn’t work – fixed.
- Software doesn’t start when license has expired – fixed.
- New feature: Automatic game mode when a program is running full screen. No alerts or popups are displayed then.
- New feature: Count down box when the system is about to be shut down after a scan.
- Whitelist improvement: Folders including all programs can be whitelisted in behavior blocker.
- Improvements in the license verification module.
- Stability improvements in internal communication system.
- Minor improvements in localization system.
- Problem with Windows Security Center notifications fixed.
- Outlook 2010 scanner: Improved handling of embedded messages and bug fixes.
- Problems with Windows Security Center (WSC) during system shutdown fixed.
- Tray animation problem during scheduled scan in silent mode fixed.
- Outlook plugins: Improved handling of embedded messages.
- Outlook plugins: Several minor crash bugs fixed.
- Auto-update progress can now be viewed in detail via status screen.
- Implementation of new licensing system in Commandline scanner.
- Bug with multiple registrations in Windows Security Center fixed.
- Outlook plugins: Bug fixes for crash bugs and memory corruptions.
- Increased speed of main application startup.
- Improved support of limited user accounts in Commandline Scanner.
- Commandline Scanner crash bug – fixed.
- Windows Security Center hang problem on multiple instances - fixed.
- Minor bug when changing protection status while WSC is disabled – fixed.
- Taskbar menu troubles on Windows 7 – fixed.
