Therefore, with a hard disk size of 320 GB (of which about 25% is a free space), it was somehow unusual to see the following: full scan took 416 minutes, or almost 7 hours, without additional CPU load.įLAW #2: Extremely lengthy full system scan. turned off, so as not to load the processor further. Usually, we scan with office applications, browsers, etc. Admittedly, this type of scan always takes a very long time. Then it asks to restart the computer or continue scanning.

When we click the Fix Now button, the app cautions us not to close the window, as would have to start all over. Here you can decide what you want to do - skip or fix in the check box next to each threat. Threats are shown with name, location, type, risk level and action to take. Note: according to Trend Micro, scanning time may depend on connection speed, as the virus database is stored in a cloud storage. Since HouseCall is only a scanner, detected threats are proposed to ignore (if files are critical to the system) or quarantine. This time it worked: Quick scan lasted 40 minutes and found 6 threats. So we had to start the whole process from the beginning. So we found out the first substantial flaw.įLAW #1: If Internet connection fails, the HouseCall scanner crashes. Several minutes in our Internet connection broke off and HouseCall could not cope with it and crashed. So we’ve launched a quick scan to start off. Scanning process does not display the time it will take, not a great news.

Custom scan - only specific folders, so it could be handy and quick.Full scan - the whole system, thus it will take long.As a rule, it takes a few minutes, and checks running processes, registry, browser plugins. Quick scan - critical areas to detect and remove malware.There are three types of HouseCall scans available (click Settings to select):

Online you choose an OS version, such as Windows 64-bit, and start scanning. This is quite odd, as one would assume the official website publishes the latest version. When you launch the scanner, it checks if there is a newer version to download. Developers claim this is aimed at solving incompatibility issues with browsers and Java versions. There are also versions for Mac and Android devices.īy contrast with previous versions of HouseCall, working entirely online, the current one requires downloading the executable file of 2.5 Mb. It works on all Windows OS versions starting from XP (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10), and requires at least 256 Mb RAM, a 1024x768 pixels monitor - so not very demanding at all. It is a portable solution (sort of), which does not require full installation, just launching an. Trend Micro HouseCall is a free program to scan for viruses, worms, rootkits, malware, spyware that can harm computers and laptops.

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