After a very short period of time in public beta stage of development, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 7.0 has been launched today as a stable release.
Emsisoft Anti-Malware offers comprehensive protection against all sorts of malware, from viruses, trojans, spyware and adware to worms, bots, keyloggers and rootkits. It sports two scanning engines and three guards against new infections: file guard, behavior blocker and surf protection.

Features:
 Dual-engine scanner
Scans Outlook email
Automatic Game Mode
3 guards: file guard, behavior blocker and surf protection
Monitors behavior of active programs constantly
Hourly signature updates  
 
By default, Emsisoft Anti-Malware uses all system resources it has access to and on some workstations this may have a negative impact, since other tasks may be executed with difficulty. In our case, scanning with the default configuration left no room for other operations, as the average CPU level was close to 90%. But limiting the process to only one processor lowered to the average value around 45%.

The database we used for testing its detection and elimination abilities contains 99,298 malware samples. It is the same we used for on-demand scans with Panda Internet Security 2013 and Bitdefender Total Security 2013.

 The big news for this release is that Ikarus engine has been replaced in the suite with Bitdefender’s scanner. Besides increasing scan efficiency the developer also worked on cutting down on resource usage and delivering hourly signature updates for malware, phishing and privacy risk hosts.
Unlike other recently launched security suite, the interface has undergone minor modifications and looks pretty much as in the previous release. However, the modules docked to the left side are much more visible now.
The regular price for the suite is $40 / €40, the same as before, but in many countries it is available with a significant discount.
 
The Good

Malware detection rate is its strong point. System resources usage can be controlled by the user so other tasks can also run on the workstation during scanning.

The Bad

Legitimate programs were still flagged as suspicious, but creating a rule that allows them to run all the time solves the problem.

The Truth 

Emsisoft Anti-Malware sticks to tradition as far as looks are concerned and it does not bring to the table a fancy suite of features. However, the price is very reasonable and the detection rate continues to be one of the best we’ve seen compared to other security bundles we have tested.