![]() ![]() ![]() While I make sure that I run only programs that do not cause stability or compatibility issues when they run at the same time, I also run second-opinion scanners regularly to get a third, fourth or fifth opinion on the security state of the PC. You may think that this is overkill, but if your livelihood depends on the system, you would probably do the very same thing.Īnyway, AVZ Antiviral Toolkit is a free portable second-opinion scanner for Windows that you can download from Kaspersky's Support website. It is an on-demand scanner that does not protect your system in real-time. It is compatible with all recent versions of the Windows operating system and requires quite the elaborate setup before you can run the tool. Kaspersky asks you to turn of the firewall if it is on, launch all web browsers installed on the system, and close all other applications running on it. ![]() Once done, you can run the program and start to scan the system. There is no explanation unfortunately why you have to turn off the firewall or run all browsers. Search Scope: You select the drives that you want to scan here, whether you want to include a scan of running processes, use the heuristic system check, and search for vulnerabilities.The program displays all search parameters in three tabs in its interface. This is set to potentially dangerous files by default, but can be changed to all files or files matching a user-defined string.įile Types: Defines which types of files are scanned.Here you also find options to copy deleted or suspicious files, and define automatic actions for select types of malware. ![]() The program will scan NTFS streams and archives by default as well, but ignore all files larger than 10 Megabytes. Search Parameters: The program's heuristic analysis and anti-rootkit search parameters are defined here.You can remove those restrictions and options here. ![]()
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