Emsisoft Emergency Kit: Clean Malware Infected Computer, Portable Virus Scanner

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The Emsisoft Emergency kit is a freeware portable virus scanning tool for Windows that you can use to clean infected systems. The Emsisoft Emergency kit is basically collection of four utilities that you can run without installation from any device connected to the computer system.

The four utilities included in the emergency kit are: a disc scanner to check and clean infected systems, a command line scanner that offers the same functionality but without the graphical user interface, HiJackFree that provides an in depth analysis of the system and a cleanup software called BlitzBlank which can delete data that cannot be deleted by normal means. [Read more...]

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Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5, Mediaraptor Platinum 4, CodySafe Sigma Giveaway Winners Announced

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We are happy that we successfully completed running three different giveaways of popular softwares. Starting from July 7, 2010, we were running the Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 giveaway, in which we were giving away 5 licenses each worth $40 and valid for 1 year. Then, starting from July 11, 2010, we were running the Mediaraptor Platinum 4 giveaway. In this giveaway, we were giving away 10 free licenses of Mediaraptor Platinum 4, each license worth $40. The next giveaway was of CodySafe Sigma, which started from July 14, 2010 and we were giving away 15 licenses of CodySafe Sigma, each worth $9.90.

To take part in those giveaways, all you had to do was subscribe to our site updates and comment in the respective giveaway pages. The last date for participating in the giveaways was July 20, 2010 (12:00 pm, GMT -7), which is over now. Today, we will announce the winners of these three giveaways. [Read more...]

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Giveaway [Expired]: 5 Licenses of Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 Valid for 1 Year

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We have just successfully completed the Tunebite Platinum 7 giveaway, at the end, we also promised for more giveaways of useful software. Here we are again, as promised, with our exclusive giveaway of Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5. Emsisoft has been very generous to give us 5 licenses, each license is valid for full 1 year and is worth $40. This means, if you won, your computer system will be protected for 365 days by industries one of the best antivirus and anti-malware solution available for Free!

We recently took Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 for a test ride and quite satisfied with its detection rate, you can read the full Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 review here. Even though it does come up with false positives, but Emsisoft’s Anti-Malware Network feature helps you take the correct decision and exclude the false positive detection from being further flagged as a threat. [Read more...]

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Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 [Software Review]

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My Technology Guide readers knows it very well how important computer security is for them. So, we will not stress any more over the importance of having a security suite installed on your computer. New technologies like behavioral detection and heuristics, have emerged to further strengthen the standard protection layers offered by a security suite. One such security suite that we took for a review here is Emsisoft Anti-Malware.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware is a stand-alone antivirus, anti-malware product and uses two scan engines (the Emsisoft Anti-Malware, and the Ikarus Anti-Virus engine) to increase protection and to increase the malware and virus detection. The three guards present in Emsisoft Anti-Malware protects your computer against new infections: File Guard, Behavior Blocker and Surf Protection. [Read more...]

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a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5 for Free on November 11 [Expired]

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a-squareda-squared Anti-Malware gives a comprehensive PC protection against trojans, viruses, spyware, adware, worms, bots, keyloggers, rootkits and dialers with 2 cleaning scanners (anti-virus + anti-spyware) in 1 and 2 guards (signature scan + behavior analysis) against new infections. Unlike other malware protection products, a-squared Anti-Malware was designed to run parallel with other antivirus and firewall software without troubles. In case you find a conflict with another software, the support team will help to solve the problem quickly.

a-squared Anti-Malware runs on Windows XP, Vista, 7 as well as on 2003/2008 Servers in all 32 bit editions. On x64-systems the scanner and OnExecution guard work very well, but the behavior blocking module (Malware-IDS) does not run currently. In regular guard mode are approx. 100 MB free RAM required. We suggest to use it on computers with at least 512 MB RAM, best would be 1 GB RAM.

Update: Giveaway page now live, visit the offer page now. [Read more...]

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Get Mamutu Malware Blocker 1 Year Licence Worth US $27 For Free From Gizmos

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boxshot_mamutu_193x250Emsisoft, the makers of the highly regarded a-Squared anti-malware scanner are offering a free 12 month license for their “Mamutu” behavior blocker exclusively to Gizmo Freeware readers.

Mamutu is a behavior based malware blocker from Emsisoft, the makers of the highly regarded a-Squared anti-malware scanner, which blocks any malware before it can cause any damage to your computer.

Mamutu” is composed from the words “Malware” and “Mutu”. The second word comes from the Maori language and means “stop”. The name may sound funny but it describes exactly what the program does: Terminate all types of Malware.

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