Sophos Scan & Clean Free

[Brownie2019]

Sophos Scan & Clean is a free, no-install, second-opinion virus removal scanner designed to rescue computers that have become infected with advanced zero-day malware, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, and other threats capable of evading real-time protection from up-to-date antivirus software.
It's a powerful virus removal tool capable of both detecting and removing deeply embedded persistent threats and other malware that traditional security solutions fail to detect.

HitmanPro and HitmanPro.Alert. Advanced Malware Scanning, Detection and Removal Tools.

HitmanPro cleans malware, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, rootkits, trackers, ransomware and spyware while HitmanPro.Alert provides continuous scanning in real time.

www.sophos.com

 

[Bot]

Thank you for sharing this useful information about Sophos Scan & Clean. It indeed sounds like a robust tool for detecting and removing advanced malware threats that can bypass traditional antivirus software.

 

[brambedkar59]

Is this same as HitmanPro? or do they use different engine?

 

[oldschool]

Is this same as HitmanPro? or do they use different engine?

Can't speak to question directly. Different apps, similar looking UI. S&C scan takes longer than HMP, and will remove malware where HMP requires a license.

 

[roger_m]

Is this same as HitmanPro? or do they use different engine?

Apparently they aren't quite the same, according to a recent post here. Other than that, this one can be used for free and lacks the option to do custom scans.

 

[brambedkar59]

Can't speak to question directly. Different apps, similar looking UI. S&C scan takes longer than HMP, and will remove malware where HMP requires a license.

Scan with Sophos S&C took <2 minutes same as HitmanPro.

Apparently they aren't quite the same, according to a recent post here. Other than that, this one can be used for free and lacks the option to do custom scans.

I don't like the fact that I have to give email to download S&C while HMP doesn't require it. Which one is better in your opinion?

 

[roger_m]

Scan with Sophos S&C took <2 minutes same as HitmanPro.


I don't like the fact that I have to give email to download S&C while HMP doesn't require it. Which one is better in your opinion?

HMP should be able to detect more malware. However, although there are no limits on using it to scan for malware, you get only a thirty day trial of malware removal. Rather than starting when you first use HMP, the trial doesn't start until you use it to remove malware.

 

[silversurfer]

AFAIK, Sophos Scan & Clean has the same "limitation" like HMP, only detection for malware as PE (exe, dll, sys, …)

 

[roger_m]

I just ran scans with both and they detected the same amount of threats and PUPs. While Scan & Clean shows the total number of PUPs detected as "Potentially unwanted items," HMP calls them "Traces" for some reason.