Dr Web CureIT - where to download, how to set up and use. Dr.Web CureIt! What is this program and how to use it? Why doesn't Doctor Web scan?

Most often, just checking for viruses with an antivirus that is already available and constantly running on the computer is not enough. No matter what antivirus you use, it does not guarantee you full protection from viruses, not to mention protection from various network attacks (but that’s a different story...). Therefore, from time to time it is better to check your computer not only with your regular antivirus, but also with another scanner, for example, from DrWeb. The program is called DrWeb CureIt, it is designed to scan and clean your computer from viruses and is free.

In this article I will tell you how to use this scanner.

You need to understand that DrWeb CureIt is not a full-fledged antivirus program! This is just a scanner to scan your computer once over a period of time. Moreover, the program is not updated and in order for each new scan to be carried out with the latest databases, you need to download it again from the developer’s website.

Downloading and launching the DrWeb CureIt program

The developer of the program is, accordingly, the DrWeb company, so you need to download the program from their official website.

Do not download such programs from third-party sites, because, firstly, you can download a virus application instead of DrWeb CureIt, and secondly, even if you download a real scanner, most likely it will already be outdated.

Do not uncheck any boxes in the next window (otherwise you will not be able to download) and click the “Download” button again.

The program size is about 150 MB.

Wait for the installer to download and run the downloaded file.

When the program starts, check the “I agree to participate...” checkbox and click “Continue.”

The program is not installed on the computer, so all that remains is to configure and run the scan.

Setting up and running scans, neutralizing threats

In the next window, click on the key icon and select “Settings”.

On the first tab “General” at the bottom, check “Prohibit applications from low-level writing to the hard drive.”

On the “Exceptions” tab, under the line “Check the contents of the following files”, check “Archives” (as a result, the scan may slow down a little due to the fact that archived files will also be scanned, but this way you will check the computer more thoroughly).

Click “OK” to save the program settings.

In the main program window, click “Select objects to scan.”

In the list of objects to check, check the following:

Boot sectors of all disks;

RAM;

System restore points;

Then click “Click to select files and folders”.

In the window, mark the hard drive partitions on your computer that you will scan for viruses, for example:

If you want to completely scan your entire computer at once, tick everything from the list, but in this case the scan may take several hours (sometimes it lasts a whole day). It all depends on how much information is stored on your disks. If there are terrabytes of data, then the verification will take a very long time! :)

Therefore, if the hard drives are large and there is a lot of information on them, it would be easier to start by selecting only the disk with the system (“C”) and check it, since it is the most important, because the system is stored on it (with very rare exceptions when users install Windows to another section). Then you check the second disk and so on in turn, starting the scan all over again.

Click “OK” to save your selection.

Click “Run Scan” to start scanning.

All we have to do is wait for the check to finish...

At the end of the scan, the DrWeb CureIt scanner will display a list of threats found, if any were found and it will be possible to neutralize them. I recommend going through the list and checking whether the scanner has considered any file you need to be a virus, because false positives always occur. If not, then it is better to mark all threats as “Delete” in the “Action” column and click the “Defuse” button.

After a few seconds or minutes, depending on the number of threats found, they will be deleted.

If you decide to check sections hard drives one by one, then when checking the next section, disable those scan objects about which (rootkits, recovery points, etc.). Because you already checked these objects during the first scan and there is no point in checking them again.

Conclusion

The DrWeb CureIt scanner is very suitable for additional cleaning of your computer. I always check all hard drives with it regularly, at least once every couple of months, in addition to regularly scanning the entire computer with the main antivirus.

Dr Web CureIt checks for viruses in the PC's main memory and HDD boot sector. The utility uses all known methods of searching for unwanted software for files, installation packages, archives, and mail client files.

Dr Web CureIt, used under the terms of a free license, file verification Email does not produce.

Scanning archives for threats is disabled in standard settings. To activate the function, use the application settings.

During the scan, the scanner displays messages with information about the threat found and compiles a table with a full report at the end of the procedure. The user can select a general action template for all detected threats or specify a processing algorithm for individual types of objects.

The default settings are the most optimal, but the user can make changes to them if desired. General settings should be changed before starting the scanning procedure; actions for an individual object can be selected after its completion.

Dr Web CureIt communicates with update servers, sending some information about the PC and its security status. In the paid version, this feature can be disabled.

Program interface language

Select an icon Language in the program toolbar to change the current interface language.

Program update

There is no automatic update. To provide maximum protection, your PC must be rebooted periodically. new version programs from the official website.

The process of downloading the latest version of the program

1. Open a program window;
2. In the window with the title License and update, a message indicating that the virus databases are out of date will be displayed if the program requires an update.
3. Click on the adjacent link Update the program, and in the new web browser window that opens, download the new version.

Quick system scan

The module for quickly scanning the most vulnerable parts of the system is one of the components of Dr Web CureIt and includes checking the following areas:

• Device RAM;
• Sectors containing boot data;
• Root folders boot disk and volumes with the installed OS;
• Main OS directory and user folders;
• User and system temporary directories;
• For the presence of rootkits, if scanning is performed with administrative rights.

Carrying out a quick check

Quarantine manager

Quarantine serves to isolate files containing threats and also contains backups objects processed by the program.

The quarantine directory is located at %USERPROFILE%\DoctorWeb\CureItQuarantine. Threat files found on disks or flash drives are encrypted.

To open the corresponding program window, click on Scan options and choose Quarantine Manager.

The window displays a table with the following fields:

• Object - names of files located in quarantine;
• Threat - threat classifier assigned by the program;
• Date added - the full date and time the object was added to quarantine;
• Path - the path to the object before it was moved to quarantine.

The quarantine window displays only objects accessible to a specific user. A full list of threats will be displayed when running as an administrator.

In this window, the following controls are available to the user:

• Restore- return the file in its original form to the place where it was found by the scanner;
• Restore to- specify the folder and name of the file to be restored. This function is not recommended if the user is not confident in the security of the object;
• Delete- complete removal of the object from the system and quarantine, respectively.

The left part of the table with checkboxes allows you to apply the same type of actions to several objects at once, highlighting them.

This short instruction is written primarily for users who ask me questions about viruses. Since I don’t have enough time or hands to tell everyone what is being done and how, I decided to write a review of a program that effectively removes viruses. Dr.Web Curelt! – one of the best of its kind.

Dr.Web CureIt! is a free antivirus scanner based on Dr.Web antivirus, since Dr.Web CureIt! is only a scanner, because of this it has some limitations compared to the full-fledged Dr.Web antivirus.

Dr.Web CureIt! you can download on the official website. This scanner is great for situations when your standard antivirus cannot cope with the virus or scan your computer in safe mode. Also, if you are unable to install an antivirus (if there are viruses on your computer or for some other reason), this utility will help solve the problem with viruses, since it does not require installation.

The anti-virus scanner works in different operating systems: MS Windows 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8. This utility is constantly updated with the latest anti-virus databases, which ensures effective protection of your computer from viruses and other malware.

When you start scanning your computer, it is recommended to run Dr.Web CureIt! from a user who has administrator rights. It happens that files cannot be deleted because the scanner is launched by an unprivileged user who does not have access to system files.

How to use the Dr.Web CureIt!

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Download Dr.Web CureIt with statistics sending function.” If you do not want to send statistics, you will have to pay money to use the program. I think for the average user the choice is obvious.

Click below "I accept the terms and conditions" License Agreement" and click "Continue". After this, the scanner will begin downloading. So, after downloading the program, run the Dr.Web CureIt! utility to start scanning your computer.

If you are not satisfied with the language that the program has selected, then you can select the language you need at the top right of the program. Next, you need to indicate where you want to search for viruses. It is very important! After all, you can save time on scanning; if you only need to search for viruses, for example, on a flash drive, then you need to specify this media in the settings. To specify, click “Select objects to scan.”

After this, a window will open in which you must check all the boxes (Objects to be scanned). Next, click below: “Click to select files and folders.”

In the window that opens, specify the media - information or folders/files. For example, I indicated all disks and did not check the boxes next to the disk drives (since they do not contain disks). If you need to check your computer completely, then check all the boxes, as I did in the screenshot above. After selection, click "OK". After that, click “Run scan”.

Attention! You need to understand that Dr.Web CureIt! will cure your computer once! The program is not a permanent means of protecting your PC from viruses.

If viruses are found, a “Disarm” button will appear, which you will have to click. That's basically it. If there are no viruses, simply close the program by clicking on the cross.

Most users usually have some kind of antivirus program. But in some cases, suspicions may arise that the antivirus program is not coping well, or that it missed something. Then you can use the Russian-language free healing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

The advantage of using it is that it can scan your computer without disabling the main antivirus, if installed.

Such a check can be carried out once a month or otherwise, there are no clear recommendations. If for some reason there is no antivirus on your PC at all, then you can also scan your computer using the free healing utility Dr.Web CureIt.

Signs of an infected computer

Let's look at the most common signs that your computer is likely infected with a virus (of course, the list below is not exhaustive):

1. The home page in the browser has changed, while no new programs have been installed recently.

2. Pages and sites on the Internet open spontaneously (as a rule, these are all kinds of spam: fraudulent offers to make money online, online casinos, sites of dubious content, etc.).

3. At Work Windows desktop shortcuts appeared that no one added there (most often these are links to sites with approximately the same content as in the previous case).

4. The computer suddenly began to work noticeably slower (again, without installing any new programs on it).

5. Well-known and long-used applications have become much slower to launch and work.

6. The hard drive is being used intensively (its indicator is constantly on or blinking rapidly) when there are clearly no programs running on the computer.

At the same time, such activity is also characteristic of useful background programs(antiviruses, scanning and optimization programs hard drive, applications for background Reserve copy, updates software and so on.). Therefore, it is worth making sure that these useful programs are in this moment are not running. This can be done, for example, by checking all currently active processes using Windows.

7. The Internet connection is actively used, although no programs or processes are running on the computer that can create Internet traffic (browsers, file download programs, update utilities, etc.). You can check this in the same way as in the previous case.

It should be noted that almost every program includes an option automatic update(most often in the background), so you should check for such traffic especially carefully.

Free healing utility Dr.Web CureIt

1) Based on the list above, armed with reasonable suspicions regarding the likely presence of malware on your computer, you can resort to the help of the free healing utility Dr.Web CureIt! For this:

• you need to download it to your computer’s hard drive,
• run the check,
• and then you can remove it from your PC.

Important: the validity period of the Dr.Web CureIt! is only two days, so downloading it “for future use” makes no sense.

And anti-virus databases are updated almost hourly, because new viruses appear with approximately the same frequency.

If necessary, you can download the latest version of the treatment utility Dr.Web CureIt! from the official website and restart the scan on your PC. Thus, the healing utility Dr.Web CureIt! performs verification at the user's request. However, we must be aware that it is not a means of permanent anti-virus protection. In addition to it, it must be installed on the computer.

By the way, the healing utility (Dr.Web CureIt! and other analogues) has another name: antivirus scanner program, which just means that the program (utility) is intended for one-time scanning, and not for permanent computer protection.

I would like to draw your attention to one important point before using the free healing utility Dr.Web CureIt! You should leave the computer alone and do not perform any actions on it until the utility completes its scan. It is highly undesirable to launch the Dr.Web CureIt utility and at the same time listen to music, correspond with someone, or perform any other actions while scanning your computer for viruses.

All programs and all windows should be closed and allow the utility to work properly.

To do this, you can run the Dr.Web CureIt utility, for example, overnight, after closing all applications.

The utility can run from 15-30 minutes to several hours, depending on the state of the computer being tested.

2) You can download its latest version at:

Typically, this program detects significantly more viruses and malware than its competitors.

Rice. 1. Download the healing utility Dr.Web CureIt! from the official website

By clicking on the “Download for free” button (Fig. 1), a window will appear:

Rice. 2. Check the boxes in exchange for the free Dr.Web CureIt treatment utility!

Here (Fig. 2) you need to check two boxes next to the proposals:

1. “I agree to send statistics about the scanning progress and the software and hardware of my PC to Doctor Web,”
2. "I agree to the terms of the license agreement."

Then you can click on the “Download” button, which will be inactive without checking these two checkboxes.

Note: If you purchased licenses or something else from Doctor Web, then you don’t have to check the box next to “I agree to send statistics about the scanning progress...”, but then you will need to enter serial number Dr.Web from a previously purchased product.

3) When the Dr.Web CureIt utility is downloaded, it will be located in the “Downloads” of your browser, you need to find it there and click on the downloaded file.

The “License and Updates” window will open (Fig. 3), where we put a checkmark next to

• “I agree to participate in the software quality improvement program. Statistics collected during a computer scan will be automatically sent to Doctor Web.

Rice. 3. In the “License and Updates” window, check the “I agree” box

Click on the “Continue” button, the “Select a test” window will appear:

Rice. 4. You can “Start scanning” the entire computer or “Select objects to scan”

As can be seen in Fig. 4, you can immediately click the large “Start scan” button (1 in Fig. 4).

4) But it happens that you need custom scan or full examination.

Under the “Start scanning” button there is a link “Select objects to scan” (2 in Fig. 4). If you click on it, then for full check All items should be checked on the list. To do this, just check the topmost checkbox next to “Scan objects”.

Rice. 5. Select objects to scan with the healing utility Dr.Web CureIt

At the same time, you can check those flash drives that were previously used on a supposedly infected computer. To do this, you must first (before launching the Dr.Web CureIt utility) insert flash drives into the USB ports, and then also mark them in the list. In this case, you can be sure that the check will be comprehensive (although it will take a lot of time, so this must be taken into account in advance).

5) Without sufficient experience, it is better not to change other important program settings. By default, the utility will try to disinfect infected files and quarantine incurable ones.

If you want to actively participate in the check, you can set the option of sound notification about all events during it. To do this, click on the icon with the image of a wrench at the top right (3 in Fig. 4 or 3 in Fig. 5). If, on the contrary, you want to “fire and forget,” you can set the option to automatically apply default actions to threats.

Finally, if the scan will continue in the absence of the user (which, of course, only makes sense if the program automatically applies default actions), you can also set the option to automatically turn off the computer after the scan is completed. In this case, you can familiarize yourself with the results of the program by reading the text file of its report.

6) If the Dr.Web CureIt! If you have placed any files in quarantine, it is better to click on the “Decontaminate” button.

Rice. 6. Checking Dr.Web CureIt! completed

Note: If your computer has been infected system files, then as a result of the scan they will be detected and presented as threats. If you remove them, then Windows system after that it may NOT load. It is possible that it is for this reason that it is sometimes recommended to check with the Dr.Web CureIt utility only when operating system Windows is loaded in safe mode.

7) As a result of the files being quarantined, some application of which these files were part could stop working. You should not try to extract them from there, thus “restoring” the functionality of the application.

The correct and safest thing to do would be to delete all files from quarantine after the scan is completed, and then uninstall and reinstall the corresponding applications if they do not work or work incorrectly.

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If a threat was detected in the archive or installation package included in the object, then Dr Web CureIt will move the entire object to quarantine.

Treatment of some objects requires a system reboot.

Available options:

• Suggest a system restart;
• Reboot the system into automatic mode. Unsaved data may be lost.

Settings section Exceptions

In this section, you can specify files and folders that do not need to be scanned, as well as determine the need to scan archives and installation packages.

Checking mail files is available only in commercial versions of the program.

List of files excluded from scanning

You can specify files or a mask by which the program will determine which files are excluded from scanning.

Creating a list of files excluded from scanning

To set a list, select one of the following actions:

• Specify the file name, or create a mask. For existing files, use the button Review. Using a mask, you can specify a part of the name that is common to many objects. Symbols used:
  • * - replacement of any sequence of characters;
  • ? - replacement of any single character;
  • Others, used not for replacement, but meaning that a given character should be in a given position.
• Examples of masks:
  • *.jpg - any files jpg;
  • log_*.txt - files with a part of a word at the beginning of their names log_ with extension txt;
  • file_??.doc - files doc, in the name of which after the word file_ there are any 2 symbols.
• To add a file name or mask, click the button Add.
• To remove a file from the list, click the button with the corresponding name after selecting it.

Settings section Report

This section is intended for making settings in the report creation mode.

The program offers the following reporting options:

• Standard, recording the start, stop of the program and threats that were detected;
• Debugging - the most detailed report. Recommended if you have problems with Dr Web CureIt, or upon request of technical support.