I stopped installing on demand scanners in Dec 2011. At the time, I realized that I was running lesser amounts of scans as time passed by. And found myself upgrading scanners to new versions even though I was not running scans. A lot of work for nothing. So, I figured an easier way for me to handle scans was to uninstall all scanners in my computers and whenever I wanted to run one, I would install HMP and or MBAM under Shadow defender, run the scan and reboot the PC. That works pretty good. But now I am running almost no scan at all, not even in Shadow mode. Last time I ran one was about July or August last year and the way is looking, I ll be going all of 2016 without one. Bo
OK, I'm back with ESET online scanner, just as slow and ponderous as ever, with a spate of errors in Event Viewer related to the driver blocked from loading. Just like in the olden days. I suppose faster (MUCH) scans like HitmanPro are better, just want another opinion now and again. 45 seconds w/HMP versus 23 min w/ESET. No appreciable difference in detection ability, right? Oh yes, and memory consumption balloons by 10%, why I don't know. But I'll keep it in my downloads anyway, why not?
I have found HitManPro to be a very good addition to my sig-less config. Ease of use/accuracy, as well as some user friendly "after scan" options won me over a long time ago.
I agree with this! Someone else made a very good point also, though, when it comes to discovering weird little out-of-character PC behaviors and a quick scan provides some reassurance (or more info).
Thanks, I had no idea it has a portable version, added to my list and USB. I prefer to have portable scanners with cleaning capabilities at hand, like EEK & KVRT and Zemana. I avoid using CureIt, HitmanPro and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for various reasons.
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I uninstalled HMP and MBAM a couple of months ago. I tried EEK, which is not bad, but it is a bit too "cumbersome". It took ages to load and scan my machine, so I also uninstalled it after a month or so. I've been using ZAM Portable for some time and like it. However, I'm still wondering what scanners they use.
Guys- please note that Worms and diverse other scriptors (common undetected infections) are almost universally detected and reversed by Zemana Portable but not many (or any) others.
On my main pc ESET Online Scanner, KVRT & VTHash, on other computers Hitman Pro portable, EEK, ESET OS, KVERT.
I'm frequently scanning (on-demand) all my machines with this tools: *) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware *) Zemana anti malware *) ADW cleaner *) Virus total uploader
Still HitmanPro, and very occasionally ESET online scanner and RogueKiller. The last two are thorough but very time-consuming and RK has some big-time false positives in the PUM department. RogueKiller supposedly detects them also, though I've never had the delight of finding out. I've used this software for a while, it seems to detect a lot of weird little junk. But Zemana is much, much less time-consuming so it's superior in that respect alone.
Since I'm using Emsisoft Antimalware I removed Emsisoft Emergency Kit. I still use Avira PC Cleaner, Malwarebytes AM and HitmanPro for occasional on demand scans. I also use Virustotal uploader to scan installers before running them.