Unfortunately, computer viruses are one of the biggest problems of modern computer system users and network administrators. Not only can they harm the OS itself or the network itself, but now they are also involved in stealing personal or confidential information. Special anti-virus packages are used for protection, but even they are sometimes able to skip threats. Therefore, many users prefer to use portable utilities that can work with antivirus installed. The Dr.Web CureIt! Program is recognized as one of the most powerful and effective. Reviews of it indicate that this package behaves completely correctly in any system and in the presence of any third-party antivirus software that may be present in the system as a regular scanner.
Dr.Web CureIt! for Windows 7 and above and for mobile systems - what is it?
The application itself is the so-called portable version of the extended edition of the main package. You can install it in any system, including any version of Windows or mobile OS like Android (or rather, do not even install, but use immediately).
True, here you need to see the difference. Since we are talking about a portable utility that can be used without installation even with a stationary anti-virus scanner in Windows, such things do not work on Android. This OS does not support the launch of portable programs. Therefore, further the application Dr.Web CureIt! for Android will not be considered in this context.
The healing utility Dr.Web CureIt !: download and run
Since the package itself is a Russian development, which is not inferior to Kaspersky Lab software products (by the way, also a Russian developer) and is similar to most of them, nevertheless it has some significant differences.
As a rule, with rare exceptions, Kaspersky Anti-Viruses are paid (except for a few simple utilities that are limited in their capabilities). In contrast, the "healing" Dr.Web CureIt! available for download completely free, and in the form of a portable version (how to work with it, will be said a little later). As already understood, it is enough to simply download the program or archive from the official website, and then launch the executable file. In this case, the system may require the presence of administrator rights (one must agree with this or initially open the EXE file on behalf of the administrator).
What threats does antivirus detect?
Now a few words about viruses and threats that Dr.Web CureIt! Can detect (or cure). Feedback from users and experts in this field indicates that the portable application quite easily detects and isolates viruses of different directions.
Among the first and most important threats that Dr.Web CureIt! Anti-virus recognizes are the following:
- viruses;
- Worms
- Trojans
- rootkits;
- adware, comic books, and spyware;
- crackers of the system and personal data;
- potentially unwanted or dangerous applications.
If everything is clear with the first, then you can argue about the last point. The fact is that sometimes problems can arise. Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus begins to behave completely inappropriately, becoming like Windows Defender and SmartScreen services, which begin to block the installation or launch of applications, bearing in mind the dubious publisher, the lack of a digital signature or certificate (or expired publisher certificate), etc.
System requirements
As for the software environment and the hardware on which Dr.Web CureIt can work! for Windows 10, everything is quite modest. For a normal start and proper operation of the portable application itself, you only need a 2-core processor that supports i686 architecture and above, 160 MB free disk space and 360 MB free RAM. By the way, in order to avoid conflicts, immediately before using the utility, you must disable all optimizer programs available in the system.
In some cases, when starting the application, a message may appear indicating the absence of important updates of the system itself. They need to be installed using the same Windows Update center, where you have to set the search for updates in manual mode (the line on the left is in the English version of Check for Updates). After they are found, it remains only to integrate them into the system and restart the utility after restart.
Program test
It is also interesting that the developer himself suggests checking out Dr.Web CureIt !. Testimonials from users who have visited test.com, where you can see how the antivirus program will behave in this configuration, say a lot. Just look at least the statistics.
Actually, the verification program itself, even if you download it to your computer, is a regular executable file with the extension .com, the main text of which contains 64 bits.
Potential Threat Detection Technique
The utility itself uses several basic methods by which one can judge the penetration of any threat into the system:
- Signature comparison (reconciliation with the virus structure database);
- analysis of the execution of the virus code (behavioral analysis);
- heuristic analysis (determination of presumed signs of the virus based on confirmed studies);
- use of a performance emulator (post-behavioral analysis).
Statistics
When a potential threat is detected, the application sends data for analysis to its own servers. It's obvious.
However, few people know that initially at the start of the utility itself and with an active Internet connection, information regarding the system configuration is sent first to the developer's resource. That is, the developer of this antivirus software receives information about your processor, RAM, installed operating system with all passwords and registration codes, settings of system limiters like a firewall, smart screen or defender, etc. So now think how unsafe it can be be launch Dr.Web CureIt !. User reviews, by the way, indicate the same. It turns out, after all, what? Not only does the tenth version of Windows spy on as much as it can, but the antivirus package does the same.
Using the utility in practice
As for practical application, everything is simple. We run the executable file from the unpacked archive (if it was downloaded in this form), after which it will be offered to install the latest version of the program. For Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus The latest version is available directly from the start window.
If this approach of the user is not satisfied with something, you can go to the official website of the developer and download the update there (by the way, as well as the update of the signature database).
Application and Database Update Issues
As a rule, when an Internet connection is established, the program first launches its own update module (application components and its libraries with the creation of folders for updating anti-virus databases and quarantine).
And only then does the virus signature database update. And after all, many users swear that, they say, he launched a portable scanner, and it slows down. Understand: until the program updates its own modules or a database of recent viruses, you can’t even dream of a total cleaning of all known threats.
conclusions
In general (this is recognized by everyone, even Kaspersky Lab), this utility in its portable form is one of the most powerful tools for detecting, isolating or eliminating threats of any type.
True, if the program copes with viruses, then talking about the impact on the computer system of nasty things like Malware and Adware is not necessary. This is understandable - the utility itself is not designed for this, but it's a pity. No, of course, it is able to block some elements of such executable applets, but not one hundred percent. In this regard, the use of the program as the main protective product looks very peculiar. It can and should be used sometimes, but just do not get carried away with it for the simple reason that the program cannot always update the databases in a timely manner, which is why an increased load on network resources begins to be observed (this is especially true for those users who have limited traffic available). In other cases, this also does not matter, but downloading updates to the program itself or its databases can take a lot of time.
By the way, removing Dr.Web CureIt! From a stationary local or network computer is not so simple. For this, of course, you do not need to be a system administrator, but you still need to have some necessary knowledge.