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Giveaway of the day — GridinSoft Anti-Malware 4.0.23

Check PC for malware and be sure that your system is clean!
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GridinSoft Anti-Malware 4.0.23 was available as a giveaway on July 12, 2018!

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GridinSoft Anti-Malware is the modern powerful solution that keeps rendering assistance to thousands of the customers to remove malicious software. It does its job quickly and effectively. Check PC for malware and get rid of it with ease!

Please note: The program provides a 6 months license for those emails never been used in Giveaway before. In case you have the previous program copy installed, you'll have to delete it in order to use this offer!

System Requirements:

Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1 10 (x32/x64); 90 MB free hard drive space; Minimum 800x600 Screen resolution; Internet connection

Publisher:

GridinSoft

Homepage:

https://anti-malware.gridinsoft.com/

File Size:

67.1 MB

Price:

$29.95

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#16

Hi

After installing the program, the program didn't prompt us for any email
for entry. Just able to do trial run without curing any issue found.

Anything wrong with my installation ?

Reply   |   Comment by v  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#15

Downloaded and installed on my Windows 7. Ran the program and came up with about 23 pups. Selected delete and all pups were gone to Quarantine.
Restarted computer and message came on screen that said "Main Executable has stopped working". Tried everything to remove message but finally had to go into Quarantine and restore all the pups. That didn't work so I finally had to go back in time to restore my computer back to normal. Use this program with caution.

Reply   |   Comment by lowkey301@yahoo.com  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

lowkey301@yahoo.com, what game is that? this one's helped me https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/Windows-10-quot-Main-executable-not-working-quot-C-amp-C/td-p/4790671

Reply   |   Comment by 2bee  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)
#14

i have go to the site and find (Gridinsoft Anti-Ransomware) but not link to download it !!!
go to google and search it and find that site download and install it carefully. ( it is totally free but in beta )
when open it protection is disable and when tired to enable it say error ( can not load driver error code #577 )

Reply   |   Comment by jimmy  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-16)

TK, 02 March 2017 goes AFTER 07 February 2018???

Reply   |   Comment by cherish  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#13

Review:

Advice first: with any program of this diagnostic nature, the potential to do good is equal to the potential to do harm; a computer user no more wants their pride and joy misdiagnosing with a serious illness, requiring serious yet entirely unnecessary remediation, than they do themselves.

For that reason, installing a fully-functioning version of a diagnostic program which might in some way result in a mis-advised repair is never to be recommended. In this case then, I did not download the GOTD package but instead went to the developer's website and used this link:

https://get.anti-malware.gridinsoft.com/01/?aff=gsbs&act=download

This review is therefore of that trial product, one which, because I haven't paid for it, has been capable only of reporting. Not rectifying.

First impressions. An excellent GUI, though as ever, the user should delve into its features before doing anything else. This is particularly important where Settings are concerned, because this software is defaulted to starting every time Windows starts and performing a scan every time the program is launched. Neither are necessary. Neither are desirable.

As many computer users unfortunately don't take the trouble to check a program's settings first, I followed their example and left things as they were. Which meant that as soon as the program launched, so, too, did a 'quick scan'. It lasted 6 minutes 40 seconds, scanned for 330,663 "virus strains or unwanted programs", examined 78,405 items, found 820 harmful objects, 767 threats, and 53 PUPS including within those 53 a total of 780 parts of threats.

Novice computer users may well give up at that last result, perplexed by a math that might seem inexplicable. But they might also be very, very impressed with all those numbers . . .

Main thing to note here is the existence of so many PUPS. If you don't know the meaning of the acronym, the scan report page states: "Remember: PUPS are unwanted programs you may use at your own risk. But our Analyst Team claims they can cause troubles on your PC."

Though the sheer woolliness of that comment is disconcerting -- 'cause troubles': huh? - the assertion that everything identified as a PUP is "unwanted" is even more so. It's as if the developer doesn't even understand the difference between actual and potential -- and thus its scan is reporting 53 programs I definitely do not want on my computer when in fact the software has merely estimated the existence of 53 maybe-possibly-then-again-maybe-nots.

Such disregard for accuracy strikes me as a unhelpful; certainly, it does not inspire trust. Nor does the existence of an "Analyst Team" capable only of claiming stuff, when what I need of any software is the assurance that those behind it know stuff. . .

I next ran a "Full Scan". It lasted 42 minutes 51 seconds, scanned for 330,746 "virus strains and unwanted programs", investigated "58 memory items, 41,070 registry items, and 75,797 files". Result: 772 threats. 55 PUPs (including 781 parts of threats). 827 harmful objects. Total, scanned items: 116,925.

Using "Advanced Mode" it was possible to view the results by type: Malware, Adware, Suspicious, PUP, Trojan. I sifted through the findings to identify a common element, if any. It turned out to be "a part of PUP.FPL.Gen.vl"

Clicking on this text triggered a link to further information about the diagnosis: the online GridinSoft Help Center. Yet there, disappointingly enough, the GridinSoft 'encyclopedia' failed entirely to say even a single word about the PUP.FPL.Gen.vl infecting my computer. Instead it wished me to know that:

"PUP is slightly not the same as malware as it doesn't have a goal to destroy your operating system or steal sensitive information. In most cases PUPs are marketing tools that get to your computer with the help of social engineering."

Oh really?

As with the quick scan results, the software likewise reported: "Now you can apply the action you need to any item listed below or clean them all at once" -- the equivalent of saying you can now spend a helluva lot of time examining every single firework in the box . . . or go ahead and press a button which might just blow everything up.

I closed the program. A warning in bright red ink flashed up: 827 malicious items. Your computer is infected. Remove all threats to keep your system safe! The warning was accompanied by two options: 'Close anyway', this lower case text presumably to imply how casual a user is behaving at so critical a time, and 'CURE MY PC', this text capitalised to emphasize the wisdom of believing what this software wants you to do.

But, but, but. . . What cure? A cure for a condition accurately diagnosed or a cure for a condition completely misdiagnosed? Or, to put the dilemma in medical terms: a sticking plaster cure for a small blister which which one doctor has diagnosed on my left foot. . . or a leg amputation cure for the gangrene which another doctor says is infecting my entire left leg?

Who knows? I don't. All I am certain of is that hitting the CURE MY PC button would be as stupid as stupid gets: whether my foot, my leg, or my computer, I need a second opinion. A further examination and diagnosis.

And so I turn to Malwarebytes Premium, the Real Time active defense installed on my PC. I run its Threat Scan: rootkits, memory, startup files, registry, file system and heuristics analysis. The result is:

Scan time, GridinSoft: 42 minutes 51 seconds; Malwarebytes: 4 minutes 40 seconds. Total items scanned, GridinSoft: 116,925; Malwarebytes: 275,406. Threats detected: Gridinsoft: 827; Malwarebytes Premium: 0.

Conclusion:

This isn't a comparison of one diagnostic tool against another. Such would be facile: Malwarebytes can be as fallible as GridinSoft, and vice versa. But the question nevertheless has to be asked: can it credibly be the case that GridinSoft has discovered 827 threats to my working-perfectly computer which the world's leading anti-malware software has failed entirely to identify?

The equally credible answer has to be a resounding "no". And the explanation for that isn't hard to find: I didn't need to spend hours, poring over GridinSoft's results, to discover that time and again it was flagging up False Positives. That it was mis-diagnosing as a threat that which very obviously was not a threat.

How many mis-diagnoses there've been, I can't say; I have neither the time nor inclination for the forensic examination of each individual result.

I can say though that today's software worries me. Why? Because too many computer users out there -- millions of 'em -- are still naive enough to blindly trust in whatever appears on their computer screens, this despite the historical fact that as Abraham Lincoln once said, you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet. (The 140 GOTD down-voters of Joek's comment the other day may like to re-read that. )

The numbers game was played, very successfully, by all kinds of scareware operators some years ago, with gullible souls believing that if a registry "optimizer" found 10,000 problems then it must, by virtue of the sheer total alone, be better than something which only found half a dozen.

I don't for a moment believe today's developer is in the scareware business. But I do believe it needs to be considerably more careful in its diagnostic procedures and much, much more professional in the explanations it provides both in-program and on-line. Until that happens, GridinSoft Anti-Malware 4.0.3 is not a program I could use, nor ever recommend.

Reply   |   Comment by MikeR  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+123)

MikeR, That has to be the best example of a complete, unbiased, full review. Thanks Mike as it muchly appreciated! And I hope others will also read it through and thank you.

Reply   |   Comment by DJ  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

MikeR,

Reading your review reminds me both how much I have benefited from your comments in the past, as well as how tardy I have been for not coming to GOTD as regularly as I used too. Thanks for both a quality review of today's offered software, as well as it being a well written review. I doubt anyone will miss that you just might/ maybe/possibly/potentially also be a published author (of other works), in the past.

BruceM

Reply   |   Comment by BruceM  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-15)

MikeR, Thank you for taking the time to write such a comprehensive review! Really very helpful!

Reply   |   Comment by jboy  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-18)

MikeR,

Well Done mate.
Your research and following observations will ensure hundreds of users dont waste valuable time or even worse.

Thank you.

Reply   |   Comment by Terry I  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-7)

MikeR, are you sure it was Abraham Lincoln who said that? It is not a quotation I have heard of before.

Reply   |   Comment by Jenna  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)

MikeR,

Thank you so much for taking the time to write a thorough and detailed review. This reminds me of the good old days, when Giovanni, Ashraf, Karl and others used to share their knowledge with the rest of GAOTD visitors.

Reply   |   Comment by Moshe  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-7)

Jenna: Mea culpa. It was, of course, Thomas Jefferson who said that. He wasn't fond of the Google Chrome browser, either.

Reply   |   Comment by MikeR  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)

Jenna, Have a sense of humour!
And thank you Mike.

Reply   |   Comment by Laxative  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)

MikeR, Thank You for Your Review, Much appreciated.

Reply   |   Comment by RHoL495  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)

MikeR, please save this comprehensive review as a template for the next similar "fix all your computer problems" offering on GOTD, only the vendor name and a few details will have to be changed so it will save you lots of typing!

Was it Winston Churchill who said "Cookies are good for you" -- or maybe he was alluding to cigars and scotch whiskey?

Anyway, I merely wanted add to your review by pointing out that most of these fix-up utilities tend to flag all your browser cookies as needing to be removed, when in fact I find cookies generally harmless and useful, meeting their intended purpose of keeping a record of where you are in a process, what you last viewed, and such things. Some cookies might be bad in some way, but over many years I've only ever encountered a handful of bad or undesirable ones. I generally leave all my broswer cookies in place.

Reply   |   Comment by Tony Austin  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)

MikeR,
I am interested in the response from GridinSoft Support

Reply   |   Comment by dadams  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)

Jenna, it is a joke floating around online, proving the point not to believe everything you read on the internet because no, not possible he said such, proving the software is not as good as it claims, which I certainly agree to.

Reply   |   Comment by Jon  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)

MikeR,
Thanks for your feedback! We have read it with a pleasure. We are really gratefull that you have devoted so much time to our product. Each so detailed review is very important for us, as we develop and improve ourselves thanks to our users every day. We will certainly take into account your comments (personally yours and other users who wrote here). However we completely trust the recommendations of our analysts and we will gladly check the results of your scanning to provide you with our conclusions.

2All,
In advance we ask forgiveness for the delay in the answers and we are ready to answer all questions concerning the work of our program and the results of its work as soon as possible if you contacts our Support center via support@gridinsoft.com

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#12

I'm using this on my wife's older laptop and it's using ~55% of the CPU. Needs to have a limiter as it slows down everything. It's not even half way through and has already found 818 "threats" and 157 "PUPS". Anytime a program logs that many issues I have found it's not worth keeping due to the fact it detects too many false issues. I am running Bitdefender and it seems to be fine with the status of this computer.

Reply   |   Comment by Dennis  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)

Dennis, i believe Bitdefender is the one that uses those 55% of CPU

Reply   |   Comment by rodman  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+25)

Dennis, your computer may run slowly if it's infected with viruses. You can send us your scan results, our team of analysts will analyze them and give you their recommendations. support@gridinsoft.com

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#11

Does this software work in 'safe mode' ?

Reply   |   Comment by webeye  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)

webeye, yes it does!

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)
#10

Nice program. Cleaned the computer of the trash, which installed without my consent and deleted serious trojans and viruses... I recommend to use it

Reply   |   Comment by WilliamLanister  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)
#9

Lots of viruses are implanted by virus cleaning software, I do not say this company does it, but just to be aware of.

Reply   |   Comment by Smith  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)
#8

I ran a search for test result scans by this product, and could not find a good one. PC world called it just plain "dismal". For a six month trial I will not take that chance.

Reply   |   Comment by C OD  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+14)
#7

good, GridinSoft deleted the miner which used 10-20% of my CPU. Well...It's a good start. So far 5/5

Reply   |   Comment by Odin  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)
#6

I had this image editor program for a long time but haven't been used it for a while... And today after the scan i've noticed that one exe-file from it's folder was detected as a malware... I didn't believe that since i'm using this soft for 7 years already... But i went and checked it on virustotal out of interest and it turned out to be infected, apparently some virus has modified it and other antiviruses didn't find anything... Deleted it with no doubts... Thanks giveaway and antimalware...

Reply   |   Comment by chop suye  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+32)
#5

From PC Magazine:
PROS
Attractive user interface. Can reverse malicious changes to browser and Windows Update settings.


CONS
Real-time protection disabled by default. Doesn't scan downloads. Zero score in malicious URL blocking test. Poor score in hands-on malware blocking test. No test results from independent labs.


BOTTOM LINE
GridinSoft Trojan Killer aims to kill all types of malware, not just Trojans. Our testing shows that it fails in that aim. This product isn't ready for prime time.

Reply   |   Comment by Rob Nolan  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+21)

Rob Nolan, thanks for your feedback! We don't hide our past mistakes as they helped us to work on ourselves and improve. The review copied by you was written 3 years ago, since that time we did a tremendous job of updating the product, its interface and fixed many of its issues so most of the Cons are no longer relevant.

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+37)

GridinSoft Support,

Re. your comment: "The review copied by you was written 3 years ago, since that time we did a tremendous job of updating the product, its interface and fixed many of its issues so most of the Cons are no longer relevant."

If you are confident that many of the issues have been fixed, then do the right thing and get PC Magazine to review a current copy of your program. It would help tremendously in getting potential customers to consider your software again. Until you do, that PC review, regardless of how old it is, will affect user's decision to risk their computer on this software.

I look forward to seeing the results of the new review.

Reply   |   Comment by Gary  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Gary, You are absolutely right and we will consider the implementation of your proposal in the near future! Thank you!

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#4

A 6 month license? Why waste the effort?

Reply   |   Comment by Jack  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Jack, this license is the most popular one among our subscribers currently, which is why we decided to do giveaway for this license.

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Jack, Good security is essential. A six month trial is plenty of time for you to decide whether or not you want to purchase it. This is the route I took(6 month test drive) to my current security solution.

Reply   |   Comment by Injeun  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

Jack,
Well if you found just ONE killer ready to wipe you out,, seems a scan would be worth a LOT.
6 days or 6 months seems like a taking a chance.

Reply   |   Comment by iwontell  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

TK, what led you to this conclusion? We never said anything like that.

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#3

This program deletes to many legitimate files and entire programs on pc even if you tell the program to ignore. Very frustrating to say the least.

Reply   |   Comment by Alan  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+15)

Alan, we will gladly analyze the result of your scanning and send you our recommendations. Please contact our Support Center via support@gridinsoft.com

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

GridinSoft Support, may i send mine? i dunno what to do with some items

Reply   |   Comment by clair1987  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)

clair1987, yes, please do! support@gridinsoft.com

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

GridinSoft Support, I bought a lifetime license to your program only to find out that I could not make it work for me even after talking to support I now use malware bites and it works flawlessly and keep me protected and it doesn’t delete my legitimate programs or files

Reply   |   Comment by Alan  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)
#2

Another extended trial: "6 months license for emails thar have never been used in a Giveaway" promotion. So, our official email won't receive the license for the extended trial? I'll pass, thank you.

Reply   |   Comment by Mangina  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Mangina, this condition is relevant to the previous usage of this particular product, besides you may use another e-mail address, it's not prohibited.

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)
#1

Company claiming to be based in Ukraine - nothing wrong with that, they claim to have "12 years of experience" - but looking at their previous giveaways, you can see that they weren't necessarily related to security. Very nice website. Previous giveaway here: https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/gridinsoft-anti-malware-3-1/

Reply   |   Comment by Jack  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Jack, thank you for your feedback and thank you for your interest in your company. To be clear our company was founded in 2003! However our "security experience" started in 2006 and next year the first anti-virus software was released, which can be know as Gridinsoft Anti-Malware now. We really hope you enjoy the using!

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+14)

Bill, sorry!)

Reply   |   Comment by GridinSoft Support  –  5 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
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