Dr Web Cureit: Review of a Free Curing Utility for Virus Scanning

Many people are familiar with Doctor Web antivirus. Along with it, the developers offer to download an alternative - the healing utility Dr Web Cureit. It does not require installation and registration, purchase of keys. And most importantly, the Doctor Web Courage utility is completely free for all users.

The main features of the Dr.Web CureIt anti-virus

Indeed, this compact free antivirus does not need to be installed on your computer. You can download the Doctor Web utility with up-to-date databases without any restrictions and start the scan immediately.

To scan for viruses on a computer, the same efficient engine is used as in the standard version of Doctor Web (Dr.Web Scanning Engine). At the same time, security modules are excluded from the Cureit antivirus utility:

• PC security monitoring
• virus database updates on a schedule
• console utility Dr Web for checking the computer.

The Dr Cureit installer can always be downloaded for free from the official website, the utility works without prior registration. That is, you do not need to search or download from torrents. The version of the utility presented on the developer's site is fully functional and is not limited in functionality.

However, keep in mind that CureIt can only scan for viruses on the user's current computer. According to the terms of the user agreement, you are not allowed to download Web Kureit from one computer and then look for viruses on another machine.

What viruses can Doctor Web Kureit detect?

Despite the relatively small size of the installer (just over 130 MB), the Dr.Web CureIt! does a good job of identifying potential threats, infected files and infected areas on the computer. The antivirus module of the Web Kureit application will detect the following vulnerabilities:

• Trojan viruses and worms
• rootkit applications
• spy modules
• unauthorized dialers
• advertising modules
• burglars
• other virus applications

All viruses are calculated by Qureyt by signatures. Also, when identifying threats, structural analysis of viruses, behavioral factors, heuristic analysis is used. Despite the absence of an update module, you always download the current version of the program with Doctor Web's anti-virus databases. To get updates, just download from the office. site a new version of the utility Kureit.

Where is the healing utility Doctor Web CureIt! looking for viruses

Doctor Web is able to detect viruses in the following areas and files:

• boot sectors
• RAM
• files and folders
• archives
• installation files (installers)
• email attachments

Who will benefit from the Dr.Web CureIt utility!

Antivirus Doctor Web CureIt will be useful to almost all users of computers running Windows. Virus checking is possible on boot sectors, in RAM, HDD / SDD, on a memory card, flash drive or other removable devices.

Although the curing utility is useless when scanning your phone for viruses, it can effectively check the memory card of your mobile device. For a more thorough check, Android users are advised to install a mobile application.

Searching for viruses with Dr Web CureIt

In the step-by-step instructions, we will explain how Doctor Web's curing utility works, from start to finish.

Download and install CureIt

Download the Web Kureit installer, run the exe file (administrator rights are required to run the utility). We are getting acquainted with the license agreement of the CureIt program. We agree to send statistics to the developers.

The anti-virus is installed on a computer running server or custom Windows (OS ranges from Windows XP to 10 are supported). Kureit is available in Russian (it is determined automatically, otherwise the English interface will be presented). As already mentioned, the antivirus does not require registration and installation of keys, in addition to everything, the curing utility is distributed free of charge. By the way, the user manual and the distribution kit of the utility in Russian can be downloaded here:

Start window of the Dr.Web CureIt! Utility

Choosing Fast or Custom Scan

In the main window of the utility, select objects for scanning. In Kureit, you can specify all possible areas for scanning for viruses and individual folders on the disk. If you need to specify a USB flash drive or memory card, follow the "Click to select files and folders" link. In the window that opens, specify the desired scan source.

We start the anti-virus scan. We are waiting for the end of the process (this can take from 10 minutes to half an hour). Dr Cureit will notify you of this: a "Check completed" window will appear.

Viewing the report after scanning

At the end of the virus scan, Doctor Web Kureit will issue a report. Using it, you can study how many viruses were found on the computer, how long the scan took. In addition, you can download a text file with detailed information about disinfected files and detected threats. Found viruses can be easily removed by selecting them in the list of the disinfecting utility.

Dr.Web CureIt! Report looks like this (displayed in English only):

Total 10313116616 bytes in 32103 files scanned (35843 objects) Total 32068 files (35799 objects) are clean There are no infected objects detected Total 38 files are raised error condition Scan time is 00: 10: 22.352

FAQ

How to check your phone for viruses using Dr Web Cureit?

Answer... There is currently no mobile version of Dr Web Cureit for Android. Using the desktop version of the curing utility, you can check the contents of the sd card. To do this, remove the memory card from the phone, connect it to the PC via a card reader and specify this card in cureit as a source for scanning.

How to update the virus databases of the Dr Web CureIt utility?

Answer... The CureIt antivirus does not include an update module, so you need to download updates yourself. For the curing utility it is enough to download the new version of Doctor Web Kureit from the official website. Virus databases are updated every hour.