Review : Eset Online Scanner

Eset Online Scanner (myarticlezone.blogspot.com) - A few days ago, I installed Microsoft Security Essentials on my new netbook. It is doing it’s job quite well so far. In fact, it caught an intrusion from some questionable software (my bad) that I was trying out.

Today I decided to get an supplementary opinion from Eset Online Scanner. I trust the Eset name, since their antivirus solutions have been a gold standard in security for scores of years. Eset’s online software uses the same AV engines and signatures as it’s flag-ship products, ESET Smart Security and NOD32. It promises to work on any Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista or 7, 8, 9 systems. In calculation, it will run directly inside of Internet Explorer 5 or greater (using ActiveX), and you can also run it from a downloaded “Smart Installer” if you aren’t using Internet Explorer.

After the ActiveX or the Smart Installer finish, Eset will start downloading it’s signature file.

Next, you’ll be able to actually tweak your scan with a few settings. The setting will even allow you to alter the areas that ESET will scan on your hard drive.

Now ESET gets down to the dirty job of actually scanning the PC. I was pleasantly shocked that it didn’t take much more that 15 minutes before it finished.

And finally, you will reach the consequences screen. Hopefully, you’ll get the same message that I did.

If ESET’s online scanner does detect some suspected malware, it actually won’t automatically delete the files. Instead, they are put in quarantine and you’ll be allowed to either restore the files or delete them.

If your computer is infected with malware and you do not have an antivirus product installed or your present antivirus is not able to remove the malware, then you can scan your computer with the ESET Online Scanner. The ESET Online Scanner is a user friendly, free and powerful tool which you can use to remove malware from any PC utilizing only your web browser without having to install anti-virus software. ESET Online Scanner uses the same ThreatSense technology and signatures as ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and is always up-to-date.

For more information, you can visit the ESET Online Scanner web site at http://www.eset.com/online-scanner.