Installing other Antivirus as scanning tool

Hi,

I have ESET Smart Security installed and i want to install another free Antivirus as on demand scanning.

Is there any free Antivirus has this choice on installing?

Thanks.

 

Ad-aware

 

Avast or Avg (Passive Mode)

https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/43/
http://www.avasthelp.net/technical-help/avast-passive-mode/

https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlName=How-to-use-Passive-Mode&supportType=home

 

Zemana Antimalware. Also a lot of on-demand scanners.

 

ZAM and the rest are not AV's.
He wrote:

 

Plus im not to sure in it's ability's anymore, There's been no talk about it or any updates in a long time now.

 

It is preferable to use on-demand scanners. They do not conflict with realtime AV and malware can not easily block them.

10 Free and Portable Offline Antivirus Scanners

P.S.: Portable for on-demand scanning of the computer, as for on-demand scanning of files (right click), it is better to use passive mode.

 

+1

 

Free Windows Desktop Software Security List - Scanners
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/free-windows-desktop-software-security-list-scanners.htm

 

I recommend EEK [Emsisoft Emergency Kit].

 

Malwarebytes, Zemana, Emsisoft Emergency Kit and HitmanPro are all good choices and will work fine alongside your antivirus.

If you want to try Zemana, download it from the free download link, halfway down the following web page, to get the free version.
https://www.zemana.com/en-US/AntiMalware

If you use the download link on the home page, you get a trial of the paid version, not the free version.

 

Note, that Zemana installs a driver, which stays there forever, even after uninstall or when you use the portable version, it could cause problems.

 

The only free antivirus I know of that can install has a on-demand scanner is Adaware. Advanced SystemCare Ultimate installs in compatible mode if there is already an antivirus, however, it's not free.

 

Where is this driver located and can it be uninstalled manually?

 

"zam64.sys" and "zamguard64.sys". I did this a few months back to remove leftovers, but it should still work. I was surprised myself, that a portable version is not really portable.

Code:

sc config ZAM start= disabled
sc config ZAM_Guard start= disabled
net stop ZAM /y
net stop ZAM_Guard /y
sc delete ZAM
sc delete ZAM_Guard
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Zemana" /f
reg delete "HKLM\Software\Zemana" /f
reg delete "HKLM\Software\ZmnGlobalSDK" /f
takeown /f "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zam64.sys" /a
icacls "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zam64.sys" /grant:r Administrators:F /c
del "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zam64.sys" /s /f /q
takeown /f "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zamguard64.sys" /a
icacls "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zamguard64.sys" /grant:r Administrators:F /c
del "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\zamguard64.sys" /s /f /q
takeown /f "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Zemana AntiMalware" /a /r /d y
icacls "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Zemana AntiMalware" /inheritance:r /grant:r Administrators:(OI)(CI)F /t /c
rd "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Zemana AntiMalware" /s /q
rd "%LocalAppData%\Zemana" /s /q
rd "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Zemana" /s /q

 

Thanks, I wonder if a uninstaller like revo would catch it?

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/zemana-antimalware-2-beta.372569/page-14#post-2460849
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/zemana-antimalware-2-beta.372569/page-16#post-2462523
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/zemana-antimalware-2-beta.372569/page-35#post-2500364

 

Thanks anon.

 

I used for a long time EmsiSoft Anti Malware for on demand scan, excellent !

 

I guess it needs them to remove stubborn trojans and cryptolockers.

 

Thank you guys.