New Update Emsisoft 2023.4: Performance improvements

[Bot]

Our main goal this month was to make all components of the Emsisoft protection software faster and have less impact on your device performance.

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[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Our main goal this month was to make all components of the Emsisoft protection software faster and have less impact on your device performance.

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Device protection (desktop)​

• Improved application startup speed.
• Improved user interface responsiveness.
• Improved ransomware protection.
• Improved protection state reporting to Management Console.
• Fixed a potential DLL hijacking vulnerability in the web installer.
• Several minor tweaks and fixes.

 

[Sorrento]

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​ New in 2023.4: Performance improvements​

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We’re excited to bring you this month’s update, which is all about performance optimization and speed. Our improvements include faster startup speed, better cloud protection data processing speed, and a more responsive user interface.​

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[Shadowra]

I really wish they would do like some AVs: scan in the cloud with the scanner. Then it would be violent like AV

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Always with the user interface updates. I don't think people care about UI that much, they more care for protection and new protection features.

 

[Azure]

Personally I think this is a good thing for them to focus on

and minimizing overall system impact

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

Whenever Emsisoft makes a signature update, the start of other programs is delayed for a few seconds or they are downright "frozen". I notice this frequently with Firefox. If I start Firefox while an update is running or being processed, it sometimes just starts with a completely white content field. It then only fills up after a few seconds. I observe these reactions on my 3 computers.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Whenever Emsisoft makes a signature update, the start of other programs is delayed for a few seconds or they are downright "frozen". I notice this frequently with Firefox. If I start Firefox while an update is running or being processed, it sometimes just starts with a completely white content field. It then only fills up after a few seconds. I observe these reactions on my 3 computers.

I noticed this with F-Secure but for unsigned apps only. It's terrible if it's happening for even signed apps on Emsisoft. Either a bug or their caching mechanism is poor.

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

I noticed this with F-Secure but for unsigned apps only. It's terrible if it's happening for even signed apps on Emsisoft. Either a bug or their caching mechanism is poor.

When I use F-Secure, the delay doesn't occur.

 

[SeriousHoax]

When I use F-Secure, the delay doesn't occur.

As I said, on F-Secure I noticed it for unsigned apps only. Firefox in your Emsi example is a signed app. Don't know if F-Secure has improved that.

 

[RoboMan]

I don't think people care about UI that much, they more care for protection and new protection features.

You would be surprised how many people don't know what signatures are but still complain about X antivirus having "an old interface"...

 

[Nightwalker]

As I said, on F-Secure I noticed it for unsigned apps only. Firefox in your Emsi example is a signed app. Don't know if F-Secure has improved that.

I can confirm this F-Secure behavior and it still happen in my experience (ex: lauching JDownloader).

 

[TuxTalk]

A lot of AV that use BD sigs have some delay, except Bitdefender itself.

As I said, on F-Secure I noticed it for unsigned apps only. Firefox in your Emsi example is a signed app. Don't know if F-Secure has improved that.

Same here when i used it before.

 

[partha_roy]

yes, the memory usage has decreased quite a bit.. Before the changes were implemented, I would usually see it use well more than 250 MB at idle even with the memory usage optimization enabled

But now, it keeps alternating in the range of 100 - 200 at idle

 

[Sorrento]

I've noticed the noticeable lack of fan noise from the three Noctura fans, they now rarely make their presence known - The main way I notice the load on the PC is the fan speed & I look on HW-Info, a good improvement from Emsisoft on 2023.5