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I was wondering if it is ok to run emsisoft anti-malware alongside comodo internet security?
will they get along? any cons to doing so?
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:05 PM
They should work ok together but....Emsisoft products are prone to "false positives" and they even acknowledge this.
Using Security Software To Scan Data
Spyware Traces in Detail
If you're going to use Emsisoft (a-squared) products, get a second opinion on suspicious or questionable file detections by submitting them to one of the following online services that analyzes suspicious files:
In the "File to Scan" (Upload or Submit) box, browse to the location of the suspicious file and submit (upload) it for scanning/analysis. If you get a message saying "File has already been analyzed", click Reanalyze or Scan again.
If there are multiple file detections you're not sure about, then perform an Online Virus Scan.
If you suspect the detection was a false positive, then report it to Emsisoft Support so they can investigate or submit samples to their research lab.
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...Sometimes security software falsely identifies important crucial system components as a threat (hence the term False Positives - FP).
Removing/deleting critical system files, even temporarily, can make a system crash. Sometimes the system will recover after a reboot, and sometimes it will not. Therefore, you may not be able to start your system. Special system restore measures may be needed, or even a full system re-installation...
Removing/deleting critical system files, even temporarily, can make a system crash. Sometimes the system will recover after a reboot, and sometimes it will not. Therefore, you may not be able to start your system. Special system restore measures may be needed, or even a full system re-installation...
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...the Anti-Malware Scanner looks for files, folders, registry entries and Tracking Cookies that are typically created by Spyware programs. Traces are exactly these trails that Spyware leaves behind...This approach has both advantages and disadvantages for Malware recognition...The negative side is that it provides a relatively inexact, or insufficiently differentiated to be more precise, Malware recognition. Benign software can be falsely recognized, for example, if it uses the same file name or folder as a dangerous Spyware program.
Software discovered via Traces should therefore first be double-checked to see if it is actually Malware before it is finally deleted...
Software discovered via Traces should therefore first be double-checked to see if it is actually Malware before it is finally deleted...
If you're going to use Emsisoft (a-squared) products, get a second opinion on suspicious or questionable file detections by submitting them to one of the following online services that analyzes suspicious files:
In the "File to Scan" (Upload or Submit) box, browse to the location of the suspicious file and submit (upload) it for scanning/analysis. If you get a message saying "File has already been analyzed", click Reanalyze or Scan again.
If there are multiple file detections you're not sure about, then perform an Online Virus Scan.
If you suspect the detection was a false positive, then report it to Emsisoft Support so they can investigate or submit samples to their research lab.
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