If your system has multiple Windows user accounts you may wish to prevent individual users from changing the program’s configuration options. In a business environment, system administrators may also want to prevent local administrators from changing these settings. The Permissions section allows you do this by configuring the default level of access on a user […]
The Advanced section allows you to change a range of general and privacy settings. Select your preferred settings by selecting or deselecting the following check boxes: Start on Windows startup – To prevent new Malware infections, it is essential that real-time protection is always enabled. Self-protection – Protects against any external modification attempts to Emsisoft’s installation folder and configuration. It is recommended […]
Automatic Updates Select your preferences for automatic updates by using the following options in the Updates section of settings: Automatic Updates – Enables automatic updating of the software. If this option is checked, and it should be by default, the frequency of automatic updates can then be configured as follows: Every [x] hour [x] min between [x] and […]
Notifications Real-time detections – Allows you to configure the number of seconds that real-time detection notifications should remain on the screen for before fading out. Default is 10 seconds. The following notifications can be enabled (box is checked) or disabled (box is not checked). They can also be separately configured to display for your desired number […]
The Exclusions section allows you to view and edit the list of files, folders and programs that should be exempt from scanning or monitoring. You may use wildcards or environment variables. When using wildcards: ? specifies one random character and * specifies a sequence of random characters. Clicking on the text environment variables opens the Environment variables tester. Variables as they […]
Emsisoft Emergency Kit is for corporate users, such as helpdesks and PC repair companies, or individual technicians. Emsisoft Emergency Kit is fully portable, and can be wp-signup.phped, updated, and the entire program folder copied to a USB stick so it can be run on other computers running supported Windows versions. No installation required. Up to 250 […]
Emsisoft Commandline Scanner, also available separately, offers the same functionality as Emsisoft Emergency Kit but without a graphical user interface. The tool is made for professional users and is perfect for carrying out automated batch jobs. It can easily be integrated into multi-engine scanning toolkits and its optionally-created log files are easy to parse. To […]
The “Settings” section, found using its link directly below the blue Scan tile, lets you define how Emsisoft Emergency Kit will operate, especially in regards to your privacy. You can join the Emsisoft Anti-Malware Network, our cloud-based database that stores information about all types of programs, good and bad, and checks them in real time. By […]
If Emsisoft Emergency Kit scan detects any malware or potentially unwanted programs on your computer, it will display and preselect all findings. You can either quarantine or delete selected objects, or deselect objects you do not want to be touched, or that you need more information about before deciding. We recommend you quarantine objects in […]
The Emsisoft Emergency Kit scanner features the same powerful dual-scanner technology found in our flagship software, Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Use it to scan your PC that isn’t yet protected by Emsisoft Anti-Malware, and detect and remove viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, ransomware, potentially unwanted programs, bots and other malicious programs. There are three different scan options to choose […]