What Is It?
The free version of the cloud based second opinion anti-malware scanner program Zemana AntiMalware, this is a direct link to download the free version because the main page links to the trial version instead of the free version; and the link to the free version used to be hidden at the bottom of that page.
What Is It About?
This is how Wikipedia describes this program:
In 2015, Zemana presented an anti-malware security solution for Microsoft Windows [15][16] named Zemana AntiMalware.
It is a second opinion malware scanner designed to scan and clean a PC from malware.
It protects users from known and yet-to-be-born threats such as viruses, trojans, rootkits, computer worms, spyware, ransomware.[17][18]
Zemana AntiMalware is very efficient in adware removal, especially for many hard to remove adware infections.[19]
It is a cloud based anti-malware software with its own signature database.
Zemana AntiMalware is highly optimized and lightweight, with virus definitions stored in the cloud, not cluttering up PCs’ drive.[20]
Because it scans the files in the cloud, the detection time for new virus outbreaks is reduced.
In July 2016, MRG Effitas, a UK-based independent IT security research company, conducted a comparative analysis of Zemana AntiMalware and other prevalent generic ransomware tools.
The tested version of Zemana AntiMalware was 2.21.2.139.
Besides the default settings used, Pandora Cloud-Sandbox Technology was turned on.
They tested ransomware protection tools against eleven different ransomware, which have been prevalent in-the wild over the past 3–4 years.
Based on this report, Zemana AntiMalware proved to be the best ransomware protection among the tested products during the test.[21]
Zemana AntiMalware is available in two versions, where one is for free use with limited security features[22] and the other version is available in a form of a 14-day free trial of the commercialized version including all security features: real-time protection, bootkit and rootkit removal, ransomware protection, malware removal, browser cleaning, zero-day malware protection, malware scanning and automatic updating.[23]
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