Emsisoft
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Computer software Security software |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 Salzburg, Austria |
| Founder 👔 | Christian Mairoll |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Products 📟 | Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home, Emsisoft Mobile Security, Emsisoft Emergency Kit, Emsisoft Business Security, Emsisoft Enterprise Security, Emsisoft Enterprise Console, Emsisoft Emergency Kit Pro |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 40+ |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Emsisoft is an IT security company that makes anti-malware and antivirus software for Windows computers and Android devices. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New Zealand.[1] Emsisoft operates as a virtual company and is comprised of 40 employees working remotely from various countries.[2]
Company[edit]
Emsisoft operates as a virtual company. Headquartered in New Zealand, Emsisoft employees work remotely from around the globe. A survey by AV-Comparatives in 2018 indicated that Emsisoft was the eighth most popular malware protection provider among IT professionals and experienced users in North America.[3]
- Timeline[4]
- 2003 - Emsisoft is founded in Austria. The company’s first product, a-squared, is released.
- 2004 - Emsisoft launches the Emsisoft Online Security Check.
- 2005 - Emsisoft introduces the IDS System to a-squared, making it one of the first software vendors to use behavioral detection of malicious software.[5]
- 2008 - Emsisoft adds a second scan engine made by Ikarus Software to its existing scanning technology.[6]
- 2010 - Emsisoft acquires Online Armor Firewall.[7] With the release of version 5.0, Emsisoft drops “a-squared” from its branding. The software is now known as Emsisoft Anti-Malware.
- 2012 - Emsisoft replaces its second scan engine with Bitdefender.[8]
- 2014 - Emsisoft launches Emsisoft Mobile Security, which runs on Android.[9] The company moves its headquarters to New Zealand.
- 2017 - Emsisoft discontinues its firewall product, Emsisoft Internet Security.[10]
Malware discovery[edit]
- Ransom32
In late 2015, Emsisoft researchers discovered a new Ransomware-as-a-Service called Ransom32. Ransom 32 enabled anyone with a bitcoin address to distribute their own copy of ransomware, with 25 percent of all ransom payments going to the developers of Ransom32.[11]
Right to privacy advocacy[edit]
- Partnership with No More Ransom
Emsisoft is a member of the No More Ransom project. Headed by the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Netherlands’ police and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, the initiative was created to help victims of ransomware recover their data without paying a ransom to cybercriminals.[12]
Controversies[edit]
- Emsisoft named in leaked NSA documents
Emsisoft was one of 23 antivirus companies named in National Security Agency (NSA) documents[13] leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. According to a 2015 report by The Intercept, the documents indicated that the NSA and Government Communications Headquarters were reverse-engineering security software to track users and monitor web and email traffic.[14] Emsisoft found no evidence that the NSA had managed to infiltrate its systems.[15]
- Fabiansomware
In 2016, Emsisoft Chief Research Officer Fabian Wosar cracked many different versions of the Apocalypse ransomware, which resulted in malware authors naming a strain of ransomware after him: Fabiansomware.[16]
Reviews[edit]
Emsisoft products have received positive reviews from a number of major technology-focused websites. In 2015, CNET commended Emsisoft Anti-Malware for allowing users to block certain aspects of a program without impairing the program’s functionality, but highlighted the potential for false positives.[17] In 2017, PCMag awarded Emsisoft Anti-Malware a four-star rating, noting that “The highly configurable Emsisoft Anti-Malware earns very good scores from the labs, and it did very well in our hands-on malware blocking and malicious URL tests.”[18] Also in 2017, TechRadar praised Emsisoft Anti-Malware for its detection rates and high level of configurability, but noted that its price may deter some users.[19]
Emsisoft products are frequently tested and certified by independent IT security software testing groups such as Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST, MRG Effitas and AVLab.
Products[edit]
Home[edit]
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home[20]
- Emsisoft Mobile Security
Business[edit]
- Emsisoft Business Security[21]
- Emsisoft Enterprise Security
- Emsisoft Enterprise Console
- Emsisoft Emergency Kit Pro
- Emsisoft Commandline Scanner
Free Tools for Non-Commercial Use[edit]
See also[edit]
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- Antivirus software
- Comparison of antivirus software
- Comparison of computer viruses
- Software as a Service
References[edit]
- ↑ "Emsisoft's Vision: A Malware-Free World". Emsisoft.
- ↑ "Software outfit and surf lifesavers let rip on safety map". M+AD!. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ↑ "IT Security Survey 2018". AV-Comparatives. AV-Comparatives. 10 February 2018.
- ↑ "Emsisoft". Emsisoft. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "a-squared Free/Personal - New Version 1.6!". a-squared knowledgebase. Emsisoft. Archived from the original on 3 March 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "a-squared Anti-Malware 4.0". PCMag. PCMag Australia. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ↑ "Softpedia Exclusive Interview: Emsisoft Takes Over Online Armor". Softpedia News. Softpedia. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Bitdefender Builds New Partnership with Emsisoft for Increased Malware Protection". Bitfender. Bitfender. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ↑ "Emsisoft releases Mobile Security for Android". Betanews. 2013.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Internet Security Will Disappear from the Market". AVLab. AVLab. 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ↑ Schirrmacher, Dennis (4 January 2016). "Erste Sichtung: Erpressungstrojaner Ransom32 aufgrund JavaScript noch bedrohlicher". Heise online (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2018.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "No More Ransom project helps thousands of ransomware victims". ZDNet. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ↑ "Project CAMBERDADA – NSA". The Intercept_.
- ↑ "POPULAR SECURITY SOFTWARE CAME UNDER RELENTLESS NSA AND GCHQ ATTACKS". The Intercept_.
- ↑ "20-plus security vendors that NSA targeted". CRN.
- ↑ "Crook Renames Ransomware After the Security Researcher Who Kept Cracking It". Softpedia News.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Anti-Malware Download". CNet.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Anti-Malware 10.0". PC Mag.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Anti-Malware review". Techradar Pro.
- ↑ "Emsisoft for Home". Emsisoft.
- ↑ "Emsisoft for Home". Emsisoft.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Emergency Kit". Emsisoft.
- ↑ "Emsisoft Decrypter". Emsisoft.
External links[edit]
Category:Antivirus software Category:Companies based in New Zealand Category:Computer security software companies Category:Technology companies established in 2003
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