Emsisoft Emergency Kit Portable Rev. 4 - Must Have!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 7:04 am
Application: Emsisoft Emergency Kit
Category: Security
Description:
The Emsisoft Emergency Kit contains a collection of programs that can be used without software installation to scan for malware and clean infected computers: Emsisoft Emergency Kit Scanner and Emsisoft Commandline Scanner. (Source: Homepage)
Permission was granted to me by Emsisoft to create Emsisoft Emergency Kit Portable.
Notes:
This package comes with two portable launchers for the user's convenience and preference; EmergencyKitPortable.exe (main program) and CLScannerPortable.exe (commandline utility).
This package also comes with a batch command script that I wrote called CLScanner.cmd. This small utility is executed by launching the CLScannerPortable.exe and gives the user a step-by-step, user-friendly method for using Emsisoft's Commandline Scanner.
All the command line switches available to Emsisoft's Commandline Scanner can be passed to EmergencyKitPortable.exe which will start the Commandline Scanner bypassing the main UI (i.e. "EmergencyKitPortable.exe /quick"). This is convenient for those who would like to automate certain tasks like scanning files when using a download manager and so on.
When installing, it will unpack all the applicable files into the App directory in a folder called EEK just as if you had extracted the contents of Emsisoft's official .zip package from their website yourself. The installer will then delete the unnecessary Languages and Signatures directories in the EEK\bin32 folder. After which it'll move the two directories Languages and Signatures inside the EEK\bin64 folder and put them into the App\DefaultData folder.
Moreover, on the first initial launch of either EmergencyKitPortable.exe or CLScannerPortable.exe, the launcher will move the two folders, Languages and Signatures and copy them into the Data directory. Once that's finished, the launcher will then delete both directories from the DefaultData folder. The launcher can then proceed in moving these two folders back and forth between Data and the corresponding application folder depending on the system's bit-depth (i.e. ..\App\EEK\bin32 or ..\App\EEK\bin64). The launchers will move these two folders instead of having the launcher copy them; this makes for faster launch and unload speeds.
I have the installer and launchers do all the aforementioned rigmarole in order to cut this package's size damn near in half. With revisions 1 or 2, you were looking at a folder size of close to 700mb after install and first signature update. However, with the new revision 4, you're only looking at about 360mb after install and first signature update.
This application requires administrative privileges to run.
New in Revision 4:
Online Install:
Emergency Kit Rev. 4 Multilingual Online [0.96 MB+572.86MB download / 366MB installed]
(MD5: BD4BE6A264A94BB69A0DB9479347629D)
Category: Security
Description:
The Emsisoft Emergency Kit contains a collection of programs that can be used without software installation to scan for malware and clean infected computers: Emsisoft Emergency Kit Scanner and Emsisoft Commandline Scanner. (Source: Homepage)
Permission was granted to me by Emsisoft to create Emsisoft Emergency Kit Portable.
Notes:
This package comes with two portable launchers for the user's convenience and preference; EmergencyKitPortable.exe (main program) and CLScannerPortable.exe (commandline utility).
This package also comes with a batch command script that I wrote called CLScanner.cmd. This small utility is executed by launching the CLScannerPortable.exe and gives the user a step-by-step, user-friendly method for using Emsisoft's Commandline Scanner.
All the command line switches available to Emsisoft's Commandline Scanner can be passed to EmergencyKitPortable.exe which will start the Commandline Scanner bypassing the main UI (i.e. "EmergencyKitPortable.exe /quick"). This is convenient for those who would like to automate certain tasks like scanning files when using a download manager and so on.
When installing, it will unpack all the applicable files into the App directory in a folder called EEK just as if you had extracted the contents of Emsisoft's official .zip package from their website yourself. The installer will then delete the unnecessary Languages and Signatures directories in the EEK\bin32 folder. After which it'll move the two directories Languages and Signatures inside the EEK\bin64 folder and put them into the App\DefaultData folder.
Moreover, on the first initial launch of either EmergencyKitPortable.exe or CLScannerPortable.exe, the launcher will move the two folders, Languages and Signatures and copy them into the Data directory. Once that's finished, the launcher will then delete both directories from the DefaultData folder. The launcher can then proceed in moving these two folders back and forth between Data and the corresponding application folder depending on the system's bit-depth (i.e. ..\App\EEK\bin32 or ..\App\EEK\bin64). The launchers will move these two folders instead of having the launcher copy them; this makes for faster launch and unload speeds.
I have the installer and launchers do all the aforementioned rigmarole in order to cut this package's size damn near in half. With revisions 1 or 2, you were looking at a folder size of close to 700mb after install and first signature update. However, with the new revision 4, you're only looking at about 360mb after install and first signature update.
This application requires administrative privileges to run.
New in Revision 4:
- This version is compiled using my PortableApps Compiler - Development Edition.
- Changed the logic for language support to the Custom.nsh file for better language handling.
- You can now set your desired language in the optional user configuration file. (EmergencyKitPortable.ini)
- Updated CLScanner.cmd (current version is 1.1) to support scans using NTFS Alternate Data Streams.
- You can now allow the program to restart itself after updating the signatures database.
- Fixed checking for minimum operating system support. EEK requires at least Windows 7 to run.
Online Install:
Emergency Kit Rev. 4 Multilingual Online [0.96 MB+572.86MB download / 366MB installed]
(MD5: BD4BE6A264A94BB69A0DB9479347629D)
