Hitman Pro: What is it, and what does it do?

In some of my removal posts, some of my readers may have noticed that I recommend using Hitman Pro when your antivirus software cannot do it's job. Some of you may have wondered what this tool was. And to those who did not wonder... Well, you are going to find out in this post anyway.

Hitman Pro is a second opinion antivirus software which uses the scanning engines of 5 different pieces of antivirus software. It uses the scanning engines of IKARUS, Dr. Web, Emsisoft, G Data, and BitDefender. With five engines scanning a computer, it makes the act of detecting stealthy malware much easier.

Of course, you might be wondering two things:

1. Why would you have five pieces of antivirus software loaded on a system? That must cause a lot of system slowdown.

Well, it does cause a bit of slowdown, but because the scanning is done in the cloud, there is no real notable slowdown.

And one specific part of Hitman Pro that is used in my removal guides is the Kickstarter component. This component is used when there is something preventing conventional antivirus from doing it's job. This could include Rogue antivirus software and Ransomware.

It works because it launches Hitman Pro before the ransomware or rogue antivirus software can launch. This prevents the malware from shutting Hitman Pro down.

While I do not recommend using Hitman Pro as the primary antivirus software on a computer, it does have it's place in the fight against malware.

Thank You for reading. I invite readers to comment with any questions or comments.