Multiscanning
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Multiscanning is running multiple anti-malware or antivirus engines concurrently. Traditionally, only a single engine can actively scan a system at a given time. Using multiple engines simultaneously can result in conflicts that lead to system freezes and application failures. However, a number of security applications and application suites have optimized multiple engines to work together.
Why multiscanning
A number of testing agencies have published results showing that no single antivirus engine is 100% effective against every malware threat. Because each engine uses different scanning methodologies and updates their malware definition files at various frequencies, using multiple engines increases the likelihood of catching malware before it can affect a system or network.Multiscanning applications
- Coranti – Combines the engines of BitDefenderBitDefenderBitDefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Romania-based software company Softwin. It was launched in November 2001, and is currently in its 15 build version...
, F-Prot, and the multiple ones of LavasoftLavasoftLavasoft is a software development company that produces anti‐spyware software, including Ad‐Aware.The company offers a free, downloadable version of Ad‐Aware titled Ad‐Aware Free Internet Security and three commercial versions called Ad-Aware Total Security, Ad‐Aware Pro Internet Security, and...
Ad-AwareAd-AwareAd-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer...
. - Emsisoft Anti-Malware – Combines an in-house engine with Ikarus Anti-Virus' engine.
- G Data AntiVirus – Combines AVASTAvast!Avast! is an antivirus computer program developed by AVAST Software a.s. , a company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was first released in 1988 although back then it was just a tool to remove the Vienna malware...
and BitDefenderBitDefenderBitDefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Romania-based software company Softwin. It was launched in November 2001, and is currently in its 15 build version...
's engines. - Hitman Pro 3Hitman ProHitman Pro 3 is a computer program to detect and remove Rootkits, Trojans, Viruses, Worms, Spyware, Adware and other Malware using extensive Behavioural Analysis and Cloud Computing. The program is developed by SurfRight. First it detects viruses and other files that have a suspicious behaviour ...
- Combines an in-house behavioral engine with a cloud containing engines from Emsisoft Anti-Malware, PrevxPrevxPrevx is a computer application designed for the removal of and protection from malware. There are separate real-time and on-demand versions. The software downloads in a few seconds because it is 800 kilobytes. The software can remove low-risk adware for free, but the user has to purchase and enter...
, Dr. WebDr. WebDr. Web is a Russian anti-virus suite. It was first released in 1992, and become the first anti-virus service in Russia.The software offers anti-virus and anti-spam solutions and is used by Yandex, the Russia's biggest search provider, to scan e-mail attachments.. There is also an add-on for...
and the multiple ones of G-Data. - LavasoftLavasoftLavasoft is a software development company that produces anti‐spyware software, including Ad‐Aware.The company offers a free, downloadable version of Ad‐Aware titled Ad‐Aware Free Internet Security and three commercial versions called Ad-Aware Total Security, Ad‐Aware Pro Internet Security, and...
Ad-AwareAd-AwareAd-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer...
– Combines an in-house anti-spyware engine with VipreSunbelt SoftwareSunbelt Software was a computer security software company based in Clearwater, Florida. On July 13, 2010, its CEO, Alex Eckelberry, announced in a that GFI Software acquired it in full.Among its products are*Sunbelt Personal Firewall*Counterspy...
's engine. Ad-Aware Total Security replaces Vipre with G-Data's multiple engines. - MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Forefront – Combines the engines of Authentium, Kaspersky, Norman and VirusBusterVirusBusterVirusBuster Ltd. is one of the few Hungarian it-security software vendors. The fully Hungarian owned company develops products – under the same brand name: "VirusBuster" – for the Hungarian and international market to protect users' computers from malware programs and various other IT-security...
, with its own in-house engine. - OPSWATOPSWAT Inc.OPSWAT, founded in 2002 by Benny Czarny, is a San Francisco-based software company that provides software engineers and IT professionals with software development tools and data services.- OPSWAT Certification :...
Metascan SDK – Combines up to 10 anti-malware engines (inclusions product variable). - TrustPortTrustPortTrustPort a.s. is a security software company, headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic. Its products focus on three main areas of computer and data protection. The first area is the protection against viruses, spyware, and malware in general. TrustPort implements its own antivirus technology, using...
Antivirus – Combines the engines of BitDefenderBitDefenderBitDefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Romania-based software company Softwin. It was launched in November 2001, and is currently in its 15 build version...
and AVGAVG TechnologiesAVG Technologies is a privately held Czech company formed in 1991 by Jan Gritzbach and Tomas Hofer, with corporate offices in Europe and the United States...
. Business editions also include the engines of Dr. WebDr. WebDr. Web is a Russian anti-virus suite. It was first released in 1992, and become the first anti-virus service in Russia.The software offers anti-virus and anti-spam solutions and is used by Yandex, the Russia's biggest search provider, to scan e-mail attachments.. There is also an add-on for...
, VirusBlokAdaVirusBlokAdaVirusBlokAda is an antivirus software vendor established in 1997 in Belarus. In 2010 it discovered Stuxnet, the first malware that attacks supervisory control and data acquisition systems....
, and optionally Norman.