Multiscanning is running multiple anti-malware or antivirus engines competitively. Traditionally, only a single engine can actively scan a system at a given time. Using multiple engines simultaneously can result in conflicts that lead to system freezes and application failures. [1] [2] However, a number of security applications and applications have had multiple engines to work together.
Reason
Testing agencies published results showing that no single antivirus engine is 100% effective against every malware threat. [3] [4] Because each engine uses different methods and updates their malware. [5]
Vendors
- F-Secure – Combines an in-house engine with BitDefender’s engine. [6]
- G Data AntiVirus – Combines in-house and BitDefender’s engines. avast has been removed with version 2014. [7]
- HitmanPro – Combines an in-house behavioral engine with a cloud containing engines from Kaspersky Lab, BitDefender and Sophos. [8]
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware – Combines an in-house anti-spyware engine with Bitdefender’s engine.
- Microsoft Forefront – Combines the engines of Authentium , Kaspersky , Norman and VirusBuster , with its own in-house engine. [9]
- OPSWAT Metadefender – Combines a configurable number of anti-malware engines (1 to 30) to scan for malware on-premises. Also available with 42 engines in the cloud. [10]
- Qihoo 360 Internet Security uses Bitdefender Engine, QVM 2 Engine, 360 Cloud Engine. But, Chinese version includes Avira engine additionally.
- TrustPort Antivirus – Combines the engines of BitDefender and AVG .
- Bullguard Antivirus – Combines its own in-house behavioral engine with the powerful Bitdefender engine.
- ThreatTrack Vipre Antivirus – combines its own legacy sunbelt counterspy antispyware engine, with the Bitdefender engine.
Open Source Tools
- MultiAV [11] – An open source project that combines a configurable number of anti-malware engines (1 to 17). [12]
- MultiScanner [13] – An open source file analysis framework that allows the user to evaluate a set of files with a set of tools. Comes with a set of modules for different malware analysis tools. [14]
[OPSWAT] metadefender
See also
- Comparison of antivirus software
- Comparison of firewalls
- Internet Security
References
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- Jump up^ System Locks With Multiple Anti-Virus Programs | Dell. Support.dell.com (2005-03-15). Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ Why one virus engine is not enough. GFI White Paper. gfi.com
- Jump up^ AV-TEST.org. AV-TEST. Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ The advantage of multiple anti-virus engines on server products – Forefront Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs. Blogs.technet.com (2007-10-19). Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ Bitdefender Carrier Releases IQ Finder for Android.
- Jump up^ Complete coverage of the G Data Internet Security 2010 Antivirus & Security Software. PCWorld (2009-05-28). Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HitmanPro
- Jump up^ New Microsoft Forefront Software Five Runs Antivirus Vendors’ Engines. Dark Reading (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ Metascan Antivirus API | Symantec SDK, McAfee API, Kaspersky API. Opswat.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- Jump up^ “GitHub – joxeankoret / multiav: MultiAV scanner with Python and JSON API” . GitHub .
- Jump up^ “GitHub – joxeankoret / multiav: MultiAV scanner with Python and JSON API” . GitHub .
- Jump up^ “GitHub – miter / multiscanner: Modular file scanning / analysis framework” . GitHub .
- Jump up^ “multiscanner / modules at master ‘miter / multiscanner · GitHub” . GitHub .