HitmanPro Review and License Giveaway
Owner
Developer:
Surfright
EMail:
Webpage:
http://www.surfright.nl/en/home/contact
Product Description
HitmanPro is meant to be a secondary scanner. It is your second line defense when your software antivirus and firewall fail you. As with any antivirus software detection is not 100%. This is where HitmanPro comes in to the game. HitmanPro offers 5 signature databases that it uses to scan for malware in the most commonly infected locations. Due to the behavior characteristics HitmanPro was built around, HitmanPro recognizes malware before the behavior scan is actually done.
Engines: Dr.Web, Ikarus, Bitdefender, Emsisoft, GData
HitmanPro scans first using its behavioral scan. The verification of any infections HitmanPro finds is then verified against the Scan Cloud to confirm infection. HitmanPro prides itself in being compatible with any antivirus solution.
Features
Behavioral Scan: SurfRight has disected and analyzed over 300,000 malware samples to put together a behavior profile of malware. The initial scan in HitmanPro is using this profile to scan the computer for malware before samples are submitted to the cloud for verification.
Malware Remnants: HitmanPro has the ability to scan for malware left overs that your antivirus may have missed. It also offers the ability to scan for PUP’s (Potential Unwanted Programs).
SSL: HitmanPro offers the ability to upload samples via SSL for verification.
VirusTotal: HitmanPro offers the ability to upload samples to VirusTotal as well. This requires the VirusTotal API key.
Early Warning Scoring: HitmanPro uses behavioural analysis rather than checksums or virus signatures. Antivirus and antimalware companies can not keep up with the speed at which new malware is being created. The EWS offers the ability to detect unknown zero day malware by scoring the behaviors observed from the file. This option could cause great harm if your not a trained expert.
Screenshots
Malware Characteristics
SurfRight has defined the common characteristics of malware using these criteria:
- Origin
- File Entropy
- PE analysis imports, anomalies common in malware
- Discrepancies between API and raw data (rootkits)
- Read locked files using SurfRight RawCopy
- Activity (process, modules, handle, network)
- Uninstall abilities
- Visibility (window, tray icons)
- Presence (location, icons, etc.)
- Communicating with web servers
- Imitation of trusted process names
- Autostart methods
- Meta data (publisher, version, description, product name)
- Authenticode digital signatures
- Compression and encryption
- Probable sources (ex. IE cache escape)
- Query public sources for security gossip and safety classifications
Detection Rates
These tests where ran by an independent testing company called AV-Test. AV-Test specializes in IT services and Antivirus research. These results are above average in every category.
Summary
HitmanPro has absolutely no cons. Its weightless on your system, fast at scanning, has a free option as a second opinion, and offers peace of mind. This is one piece of software I have on every computer I own. Stop by and download it.
Download
http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads
Giveaway Instructions
I have 2 licenses to giveaway to HitmanPro for 1 year. The giveaway will end December 8, 2012 12PM EST. You will have your license by December 9th. Be sure to use an email address that you normally use. This is how the license will be sent to you.
All entrants will be entered into a random list and the first 2 results on the list will receive a license for HitmanPro.
To be included in the giveaway (Both Pieces must be followed):
1. Post a comment to this thread. Must include your favorite feature of HitMan Pro and Why? OR What Features you would like to see implemented into HitMan Pro and Why? (Chose 1 or the other)
2. Subscribe to RSS newsletters on the right hand side of the website.
3 . Post this thread on one other website (Optional, but appreciated).
Winners
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Fantastic software, i love hitman pro
Hitman Pro is a very good on-demand scanner. Besides the already mentioned features I really like a feature : Force Breach Mode.
Very useful for removing some types of malware especially for removing fake ( rogue ) security program. Thanks for the contest. Good luck to all.
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Hi there
my favourite feature is HitmanPro Behavioral Scan.
I’d add also HitmanPro ability to scan at a boot time.
HitMan Pro is a must have and a gem of software.
Thank you and to Erik Loman for this giveaway.
Please count me in and good luck to all the entrants
Best
My favorite feature of Hitman Pro is Behavoral Scan. Hitman Pro is too fast despite of multi-engine scan.
Thank you for the giveaway!
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Security is a software that has proven itself. Against external threats is highly recommended.
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HMP is a great on-demand scanner. I like the lightning fast scanning utilizing Behavioral Scan and the power of the cloud to quickly find any suspicious files. Gotta love the multiple scanning engines for providing great detection and the Force Breach mode for terminating non-essential processes, malware included.
Thank you for the opportunity!
100% with what vhick said. I like a fast scanning engine and Hitman Pro’s got it. Thanx for the contest and good luck y’all !!!!!!!!
HitmanPro is a very effective second opinion scanner. I love the multi engine scanning in the cloud. It gives me a peace of mind after downloading a file knowing that it would soon be scanned by different strong engines.
Thanks so much for the awesome giveaway. I’d love to use HitmanPro.
HitmanPro is very powerful and fast, and i love cloud scanning with multiple antivirus…
Thanks and count me in.
Favorite feature -Behavoral Scan. Love the speed of the program and the multi engine aspect.
Thanks for the giveway.
My favorite feature of HitManPro is Behavioural Scan. I can use HitManPro on computers without access to internet.
Hi I would love to have a great software like Hitman Pro for my laptop that seems to be very sensitive to KIS, NIS, Norton Security Sutem through Comcast nd others. Here is a link to my post on Facebook.
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I have tried it on my desktop years ago, and it is fantastic, especially if you need something with a light footprint, low CPU, low memory usage. I desperate need this license please. Include me in this giveaway. Please.
Count me in. I like it because it doesn’t slow down your machine and its fast.
I like multiengine scanner HitmanPro. These brothers protect my PC from multimalware:)
Thanks for the chance and good luck to all!
Pls count me in!
The feature I’m waiting for to be included in Hitman Pro is real-time file system protection. This functionality would be a milestone in development of this software.
Great giveaway. Count me in.
Hitman Pro is a great on-demand scanner by using more than one engine. That’s what I lihe most. Thanks for this giveway and please count me in.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I like the in-depth malware analysis provided by Hitman, and also the portability feature. This way it becomes easy to clean infected systems which are blocked by malware to run any security product, or reach internet.
Please count me in.
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My favorite feature is how portable Hitman Pro is, along with how quick the scans are.
Also, I love how it eats up Skar’s viruses like they’re dog food. :fyi:
Thanks for the giveaway.
one of the best on – Demand scanner. Fast scanning, multi engine (best in market) scanner.
Count me in.
I like the EWS feature of HMP because this will show exploits/zero-day malware. Plus you can scan when not connected with it.
Hi there
my favourite feature is HitmanPro Behavioral Scan.
I’d add also HitmanPro ability to scan at a boot time.
Thank you for this giveaway.
Please count me in and good luck to all
HitmanPro is a very good second opinion scanner. I love the multi engine scanning in the cloud.
My favorite feature: Behavioral Scan.
The multiple scanning engines for providing great detection and the Force Breach mode for terminating non-essential processes and malware,ecc….
Thank’s
best ondemand scanner. fast scan. everything about this software is extremely good. count me
Behavioral Scan is my favorite feature because its the ultimate first defence against suspicious files that may be malware or viruses.
Thanks for this giveaway.
What I like is its excellent detection rates.
Please let me have a license. Or would you give away IObit Advance System Care Ultinate, or Antivirus?
Luvs multiengine scanning that decrease chances of missing a threat.
Count me
HitmanPro is good software. Hitman Pro is the best software in
among; its detection rates are very good.
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I love Hitman Pro because it is a cloud multi-vendor standalone scanner. It is great as being cloud it gives tiny impact on system when scanning, its multi-vendor av bases give excellent detection rate.
For me, the most important is the effectiveness of this program in the detection and removal of malware. Great atuttem a few engines in cloud computing. Great review Owner. Please count me in.
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i`d like to try this application that i`ve heard of it so far, so please count me in to win a license. many thanks.
I like the all scanner is in one i like this feature very much
and i would like see online scanner in new feature
Thanks for giveaway i hope i will win this giveaway
please count me in
Firstly thanks for the giveaway. HitmanPro is the best second opinion malware scanner in my opinion. it has very advanced and unique feature (like Behavioural Scan, Scan Cloud, VirusTotal Scan and so on ), personally I like “scan Cloud” better. Sadly, it would only last for a month, and my computer would lack this gem hereafter. So at the end, thanks once again and I really, really hope to win the license. :p
Congrats to winners…ahhhhhh..not again. I came 5th in Spyshelter giveaway when there were 4 licenses to be won and now came 3rd in this giveaway when there are 2 licenses to be won…..May be next time i get lucky….