- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: July 24, 2006
- Total Downloads: 22,825
- Downloads last week: 35
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- Average user rating: stars out of 12 votes
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Publisher's description
From ArcaBit :ArcaMicroScan is a free scanner for a quick and complete virus check as well as cleaning of any possible infections. ArcaMicroScan has strong scanning mechanisms. The main advantages of this tool follow: Simple installation without the need to register any additional components. Scanning of all popular compressed archive formats including formats of Email messages and mailboxes. Scanning of embedded files. Use of modern heuristic techniques including Heur. RoundKick.
Abillity to fully cure the system when the infection is detected (ArcaMicroScan can terminate the infected processes in memory and remove its references from registry and system files). Convenient reporting Convenient automatic updates. Program creates its shortcut on the desktop to help quickly execute the application when the need appears.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 12 votes
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: ArcaMicroScan 2006
Pros: succesfully detect and remove few malicious and its free
Cons: Update take ages to finish maybe cause its standalone programs so all definitions need to update directly from their server, as same as TrendMicro do. Rather install AVG...its way too fast update. Not recommend to run anything during scan...slow your pc down
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Version: ArcaMicroScan 2006
Pros: ok
Cons: none
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Version: ArcaMicroScan 2006
"Easy to use and very comprehensive AV program."
Pros: Ranks right up there with the top three free AVs (AVG, Avast, Trend Micro). Heuristics scanning of files may be the best I've seen. I would have no problem recommending this software to those "active" web users who like to "peek" into the dark corners of the Internet. If one can't resist temptation, then use this protection.
Cons: Language interface needs some work.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ArcaMicroScan 2006
Pros: Nothing. This thing will destroy your system if you let it.
Cons: First off when it finds something it doesn't like the prompt comes up in russian. (Yes i had the language set to english.) If you change the settings to automatically delete if it can't clean it will wipe out system files since there is no quarantine included. Which they fail to mention upon installation.
Secondly it finds fake viruses to make it look like its actually doing something. I have three computers using McAfee and AVG on two of them which i use to network scan so i know im virus free. Yet when i installed this on my Gaming computer to do a quick scan since its a standalone without background services it found what it claimed to be over 300 viruses.
AVOID THIS PROGRAM. I would assume that the reason it only got good reviews is because any one that would have given it a bad review is busy reinstalling windows.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ArcaMicroScan 2006
"Found 3 worms and fixed up my computer!"
Pros: I can't say enough about this awesome free product. Please know that I try to do as much research about a program before downloading it and am usually tentative because of adware and spyware being bundled in or the product just screwing up your computer and making it worse etc. I wish more people would post reviews after downloading so we can all use caution and have a better idea of what we should download. I was not to sure on this one because I couldn't get enough solid info on it. So, if this helps one person in the future it makes this community that much better.
In any case, this program found 3 worm.warezov viruses with 3 different extentions in my files and it deleted them!Now my computer hard drive now does not thrash anymore and my computer is extremely fast again. (it's been about 6 months since I could fix this problem) I have tried many spyware cleaners and virus cleaners in conjunction with my AVG free edition Antivirus. It goes to show that you need an antivirus program running all the time (Like AVG) and you need many different cleaners too. Ad-aware will find different spyware than other spyware cleaners so you need to use a couple. As far as Virus scanners and cleaners, This Free virus cleaner is a must add to your collection. GET IT NOW, you will not be sorry!
One last quick note that you will need is that when a virus is detected it will prompt you to choose what you would like to do in polish because it is a polish based company. Don't let this scare you off.
The word Kwarantanna is Quarantine in polish but I clicked on the word Skasuj to delete the file. When the scan is done it saves a report in notepad for you in english.
Cons: NO cons at all
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