Consumers want an antivirus that stays out of the way while protecting them from ransomware, data-stealing Trojans, and the like. Big companies are more focused on an that offers central control and monitoring, and that helps them track down active network intruders. Some security companies play to both audiences. Heimdal Security is known for its suite of enterprise-level security tools, but it also offers Heimdal Next-Gen Antivirus Home for the consumer, along with a couple other consumer-level apps. It does what it promises, but it lacks protection against malicious and fraudulent sites.
Heimdal’s antivirus includes the expected on-demand, on-access, and on-schedule scans. Theres a button on the main window to launch a quick scan, and another to open the full خرید آنتی ویروسof scan choices. Those choices include: Quick Scan, Active Processes Scan, Full Scan, Hard Drive Scan, Local Drive Scan, Removable Drive Scan, System Scan, and Network Drive Scan. Most antivirus products stick with a quick scan, a full scan, and a custom scan that would replace all the other scans that Heimdal defines.
On a standard clean test system, the full scan took about an hour and a quarter, just slightly longer than the current average. I always advise a full scan right after installing antivirus protection, on the off chance that you’ve got some pernicious malware lurking. Theoretically, real-time protection should handle any attacks after that initial thorough scan. For suspenders-and-belt protection, you can set Heimdal to perform any of its scans on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
Heimdal focuses strongly on the enterprise security space, so I wasn’t surprised at its absence from the consumer-side reports that I track. I did look at each lab’s enterprise-level tests and didn’t find Heimdal there, either. The only results I could locate involved a one-off test by from last year, which rounded up security suites rather than standalone antivirus products. The collection of products for testing included Heimdal Thor Premium, now called Heimdal Premium Security Home. That product fared poorly in testing, but this wasn’t the same test I track for all the other vendors, so it doesn’t count.