![]() Comodo Cloud AntivirusĬomodo Cloud Antivirus is an online scanner which, like many others, comes as a standalone program that you download and install on your Windows computer. There are better alternatives provided by other security vendors. While this tool is quick and painless, it doesn't provide much value to its users. There's no other useful information being displayed and the only option you have is to download and install a 3 months trial of Bitdefender Internet Security, so that you can disinfect your system. Unfortunately though, Bitdefender QuickScan only tells if the system is infected or not and shares the name of the first virus found active. Īntivirus, scanner, online, quickscan, malware, security The good thing about Bitdefender's QuickScan is that it's very fast: it took less than a minute for it to scan the computer for malware. ![]() However, you should know that you can not run it from any web browser, as only Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are supported. Bitdefender QuickScanīitdefender QuickScan is one of the few true online scanners. We used Windows 10, with Windows Defender disabled and there were exactly 17 malware samples running on our test system. The scans were made on a 20GB partition with 17GB of occupied space. We tested how fast they scanned the system, recorded how many malware samples they detected, what information was provided and the solutions they proposed. Once we were sure we had a few malware samples running on our system and several infected files being stored, we started using each antivirus scanner, one by one. Then, we browsed several dodgy websites that store cookies which you don't want to have on your computer, or which try to install different forms of dodgy toolbars or malware on your computer. Before installing and/or running each of the free online security scanners, we ran several malware samples to infect our test system. This is how we tested these online security scannersįirst, we recorded how each product is designed: if it is a true online scanner, a standalone application or a hybrid between the two. They should be used only to complement a real security product or to help you identify what's wrong with a system which you suspect of having problems with malware. These tools cannot and should not replace proper security solutions such as antivirus, antispyware and firewall solutions. It is about free tools that you can use to scan and evaluate the security of your system. Important note: This test does not include any full fledged security product. They can be used whenever you need them to provide you with a quick second opinion about your system's security status. They can run alongside your other security products, without causing conflicts or performance issues. ![]() The majority of security vendors now offer standalone antivirus scanners which you need to download and install on your computer. We quickly learned that many products are no longer classic online scanners which you can run in your web browser. The products we ended up including in this comparison are, alphabetically ordered, the following: Bitdefender QuickScan, Comodo Cloud Antivirus, ESET Online Scanner, F-Secure Online Scanner, Kaspersky Security Scan, McAfee Security Scan Plus, Norton Security Scan, Panda Cloud Cleaner and Trend Micro HouseCall. ![]() Unfortunately, not all of them do, and out of those who do, not all of them are good. For all the vendors, we searched to see if they also offer a free online security scanner. To choose the products included in this test, we used the finalists of our Digital Citizen Awards 2016 - The best Windows security product of the year!. The online antivirus scanners being tested
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