Emsisoft Anti-Malware 9 released

That is my general experience as well. That's quite fascinating, considering how nearly all other suites slows down browsing considerably. Most other suites require a Browser Extension (most of the times bloated) while Emsisoft doesn't. That is a huge plus in my opinion.

 

Installed on 3 home machines now.
Running smooth as silk and no imaginary rootkits found so far

 

what is imaginary rootkits?is that a new malware type?

 

I guess just a False positive.

 

Couldn't agree more. I have actually started to avoid AV's that uses browser extensions, add-ons or similar. Then we have ESET, Emsisoft, and (I think) also F-secure is browser independent.

 

Dear CEO

Although I understand your excitement and urge to make some marketing noise to support the announcement, I really don't understand why new customers are more rewarded as existing customers. Have you ever tried referral actions, e.g. get 50% discount (newly introduced client) and 50% renewal (existing client) when an existing customer brings in a new customer? For marketing sake: you will probably log how many $9,99 licenses you sold, calculate what percentage it is of your existing customer data base, now figure out how many referrals you needed to accomplish the same installed base increase. Please administrate how many of these action driven price sensitive customers are still a paying client after a year. Now compare the required referral percentage again. The possible poor experiences of earlier referral programs suddenly don't look that bad anymore. Next year enjoy an Austrian wine/beer and have a look at a nice mountain sunset and realize what this $9,99 action has added to your bottem line and brand image.

Regards Kees

 

The offer can be used by both existing and new customers. It just can't be used to extend an existing license.

The affiliate program has been up for at least 8 years. The referral program has been up for a few years as well.

You are aware that this isn't the first low price promotion we did, right? Just remember the $8 promotion we did for our 8th anniversary for example. So we do have the numbers about promotions like the current one and if they weren't beneficial, we wouldn't do them.

 

That is my point yes

No, in my brand perception EAM is a tier-1 player. The eight year promotion extra sales can be solely attributed to the price cut (was in 2011), so you know the customer retention stats. I also have no idea about customer loyalty bleed percentage of AV-products, so I take your word for it.

On second thoughts "seducing customers into a mid-year switch moment" (which is a unusual in the end of year cycle of the AV industry) could be a smart strategy in terms of retention. Still wonder how existing customer experience the fact that they are excluded from license extension. But when it does not hurt your brand name, I stand corrected.

Regards Kees

 

Fully agree with you on this one Kees. I have been a loyal customer to Emsisoft (two licences) for two years now. Both licences will terminate at the end of December. So what is my choice? If I buy two licences at $9.99 then I loose 6 months on my actual licence

 

Send a mail to sales@emsisoft.com. I am certain something can be worked out.

 

New users can't get more than a year of license time for the reduced price either. If you try to buy more than a 1 year license, the prices revert to the normal price.

 

Received message "Turn on emsisoft" after update.

 

Emsisoft Anti-Malware 9.0.0.4142 released. This is a minor maintenance release.

• Internal code cleanup and optimizations.
• Fixed a problem with file extensions dialog.
• Fixed incorrectly labeled Behavior Blocker and Anti-Malware Network detections.
• Fixed repeated File Guard alerts.
• Fixed a few potential crash bugs.
• Fixed some minor GUI inconsistencies.
• Improved high-dpi support.

http://changeblog.emsisoft.com/2014/06/24/emsisoft-anti-malware-9-0-0-4142-released/

 

I purchased, here is my feedback:

1 - During installation time we are offered to clean computer. Please make it faster. Even QuickScan takes a while. Webroot, Panda Cloud and MBAM scan faster. If I buy tech licence I wont be able to wait that long
2 - If during the installation process software is unable to remove infection it does not let us finish installation, we have to repeat process, if it still does not remove infection we ending up in a loop. For example I could not remove some registry modifications and policies...
3 - If I import my HOSTS file will it merge with yours or it will be used instead of yours?
4 - Any way we (Wilderssecurity members) can upgrade to Internet Security at the discount price? (I am sure you would get more valuable feedback)
5 - Its been a while that I noticed that your software is not always able to remove all infections... I dont have logs saved but I have seen cases where MBAM or ComboFix removes stuff that I could not with Emsisoft, I hope its fixed.
6 - Does the software scan POP3 and IMAP protocols?

I love the interface and the features, this, as well as branding colors is a big step forward. I would visit www.99designs.com and invest in a good looking LOGO that would help identify and memorize your brand.

 

I tried version 8.1 in the past. When I decided to trial version 9 I was informed that my trial had expired So I straight away activated my purchased license.

How to know the program version number from the new GUI?

EDIT: Just got the program version number from the about icon

 

How long does a quick scan take for you? It takes less than 10 seconds on my system. Even on some very dated machines I haven't seen values beyond 30 seconds yet.

You could always opt to not remove an infection during install.

They are merged.

If we do a promotion like that, we likely won't limit it to Wilders members only. At least not during the release.

That depends on the version you tested last. We did make some major improvements to the cleaning in the past few major versions.

No, we don't do any network stream scanning in general.

I can guarantee you, that won't work out.

 

@Fabian Wosar There seem to be a bug with behavior module/Emsisoft cloud network and CrystalDiskInfo ver. 6.1.14. The behavior module/Emsisoft cloud network gos into a endless loop and wont create a rule even though Emsisoft cloud network says add rule based on community.

 

Thanks, we will look into it ASAP. For the time being you can create a rule manually.

 

Many thanks. Keep up the good work.

 

Does the License-key of version 8.1.0.40 work on version 9?

 

Yes.

 

- It works now, not sure why it took a while yesterday... it takes less than 30 seconds, maybe if you scan for the first time it takes longer?

- So basically EMSISOFT Antimalware 9 uses filtering via HOSTS to block bad websites, correct? Rest is done via antivirus engine & behavior blocker.
- If a user gets email with virus.EXE, by using POP3 or IMAP protocol, will it be detected right away when email arrives or only if the file is accessed?

- Are you developing bootable version of software that can scan files, MRB and registry independently of users OS? That would be technicians dream
There is several bootable tools, however, non scan&clean registry very well...

- Does your software uses script when removing adware so that it removes all known locations and traces or it uses engine to compare files to the database? Or if I ask differently, imagine there is a empty folder belong to Conduit, will it remove that empty folder or it will not since av engine did not detect any threat?

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We released a fix for the bug you encountered via beta updates. Would you mind enabling beta updates for a second and check whether it is fixed for you as well?

 

No, not really.

No, we don't use the HOSTS file to filter access to malicious hosts. We just support importing entries from a HOSTS file.

When the file is accessed.

We have no such plans at the moment.

We do support removing traces, yes.