ESET is one of the leading companies in the IT security sector, present on the market with numerous antivirus solutions for both home users and the business environment. In fact, many company PCs are protected with ESET solutions, also thanks to its extreme effectiveness and the ability to stop even the worst ransomware from being born.
In addition to the paid security solutions, ESET also offers a whole series of free tools that can be used for free on any PC, so that we can discover threats that have escaped our control systems, remove the antiviruses already installed without leaving traces on the PC, check the active systems and processes and an effective system to collect logs useful for solving problems.
In this guide we will show you the best ESET computer security programs to use for free, showing you the download links and instructions on how to use them.
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1) ESET Online Scanner
Let's start immediately with the easiest and most useful tool among all the free ESET products available.
You can use the scanner from here -> ESET Online Scanner.
This is not even a program, but it is an online scanner to be used if necessary to scan the whole PC with the antivirus engine offered by ESET.
To use it, simply open the site and click Scan Now to start the scan.
The online scanner will examine all the files on the PC and will also remove the threats found, definitely a valid aid to the antivirus already present on the PC.
2) ESET Malware Removal Tools
Other free programs offered by ESET are removal tools for particular malware plus a general scan tool. These programs can be downloaded from here -> Malware Removal Tools .
If you have contracted one of the malware on the page, just search for its name (perhaps with the help of ESET's online scanner) and download the specific tool to remove all traces of the threat.
In addition to the numerous specific scanners (dozens of them available), you can also download the ESET Hidden File System Reader, which can display the hidden files in the file system, and the ESET Rogue Applications Remover, a removal tool for unnecessary programs and harmful that pretend to be fake antivirus, only to find non-existent threats just to get paid for the license (the famous rogue software).
3) ESET AV Remover tool
Another free tool dedicated to the removal of every trace of third party antivirus present on Windows; it can be downloaded from here -> ESET AV Remover tool .
This program can be launched on all PCs where there are paid antivirus or free antivirus installed in place of Windows Defender.
Just launch it and wait for the detection of antivirus installers, so as to proceed with their complete removal; in this way it will be possible to install ESET or any other antivirus protection program without fear of conflicts in the system.
The application is also useful for uninstalling ESET programs, so as not to leave any trace of the house's software in case of switching to other antiviruses.
4) ESET SysRescue Live
Definitely one of the most interesting tools among those available for free and downloadable from here -> ESET SysRescue Live .
This tool is actually a recovery environment (CD Rescue) useful for performing scans and disinfections on PCs blocked or that no longer start due to too many infections.
In these cases it is not possible to access the Windows desktop to clean the system, but with ESET SysRescue Live we will have a USB stick or a bootable disk where we can start a full scan of the PC to clean it up and make it operational and functional again.
This disk or USB stick must be inserted on the non-functioning PC and chosen as a boot device before the actual operating system starts (usually just pressing F8 repeatedly as soon as you start the PC).
We will find ourselves in a real desktop (Linux-based), in which to start ESET to erase any trace of the infection and, if we are still in difficulty or we are unable to use this tool, start TeamViewer to get some more help from some users. expert of us.
In addition to the disinfection tools, it offers a tool to manage partitions (GParted, old knowledge for those who chew Linux) and other ESET tools to make a Windows operating system bootable with corrupt system files.
5) ESET SysInspector
Among the tools reserved for IT and IT professionals there is ESET SysInspector, available from here -> ESET SysInspector .
This free tool allows you to scan every process, every service, every critical file and registry keys started together with the operating system, so as to know closely their origin, what program or process started them and (very important thing) if they are adequately protected by sandbox systems offered on Windows.
If a virus or any malware tries to start on our PC in a completely silent way (without leaving traces), it will be possible to "catch it" by analyzing the suspicious processes and files using this tool.
Much of the information obtainable with this program is not within the reach of ordinary users, so we recommend using this tool only if you are an expert in the security sector or if you have trusted people with knowledge in the security field at your side.
6) ESET Mac Rootkit Detector
If we own a Mac or MacBook we are quite protected from common threats, but these systems are also vulnerable, particularly to rootkits.
You can download the tool to scan Macs from here -> ESET Mac Rootkit Detector .
This program checks whether some rootkits are hidden on our Mac, a type of program that uses system shortcuts and bugs to hide and not be identified, so that it can act with superuser permissions without requesting confirmation.
With this free program you can clean any Apple device with OS X infected with a rootkit.
7) ESET Log Collector
We end our roundup on the free ESET tools with the Log Collector, obtainable from here -> ESET Log Collector .
This tool allows you to get all the information (log) about ESET programs, started programs, drivers and active processes on the PC.
This information can then be handed over to a computer expert to analyze what's wrong with your PC and what can be fixed to increase your security.
