Size matters when you need to quickly fetch scanner from Internet on possibly slowish connection.Įarlier version stuck its service in the system, but this doesn’t seem to happen with latest one. Portable scanners usually manage to keep their signatures much more compact. Most of this seems to be signature files. Downsidesĭownload size is very considerable at almost 90MB as of writing this post. Self-update and command line scanner are functions both rare and welcomed in portable antivirus. Strong featuresĪpp is very thorough (read it – takes its time) with scan and maybe even too thorough with browser cookies. There are several scan profiles, including custom, with full scan of all files being default. Portable version is package with two Emsisoft programs (Free and Command line scanner), modified to work without installation.ĭownload is simply a ZIP archive and app is ready to be used right after unpack and prompt to download latest signature definitions.

What can I say – I am an addict of any and all portable antivirus software. Emsisoft has a solid lineup of security software (currently being rebranded from previously used a-squared naming) and their Emergency USB Stick files pack caught my attention.

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