System Tray access to, and Anti-Malware Guard feature of Emsisoft Anti-Malware from Emsi Software GmbH - which provides "comprehensive PC protection against viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, worms, bots, keyloggers and rootkits". Previously known as "a-squared Antitrojan" and "a-squared Anti-Malware"

Scheduler for an older version of MicroWorld eScan antivirus

Older version of MicroWorld eScan antivirus

EZ Firewall - part of the eTrust range of security products formerly available from CA but now discontinued. Available as a stand-alone product or as part of the EZ Armor suite

Now part of Acer Empowering Technology. "Acer eRecovery Management is a powerful utility that does away with the need for recovery disks provided by the manufacturer, and also acts as a versatile standalone backup and recovery manager." Whilst the exact purpose of this entry isn't known it runs and closes so leave it enabled in case it's required

User interface for ESET NOD32 Antivirus and Smart Security

SafeGuard Easy from Sophos (formerly by Utimaco) - "provides total company-wide protection for sensitive information on laptops and workstations. Boot protection, pre-boot user authentication and hard disk encryption using powerful algorithms guarantee against unauthorized access and hacker attacks"

Related to Encryption Anywhere hard disk encryption products from GuardianEdge

Part of older versions of the range of internet security products from Quick Heal - including Total Security, Internet Security and AntiVirus. Scans incoming and outgoing E-mails for viruses and other malware in conjunction with the associated service (EMLPROXY.EXE). Also included by vendors who use the Quick Heal engine such as Omniquad and iQon

Part of older versions of the range of internet security products from Quick Heal - including Total Security, Internet Security and AntiVirus. Scans incoming and outgoing E-mails for viruses and other malware in conjunction with the associated service (EMLPROXY.EXE). Also included by vendors who use the Quick Heal engine such as Omniquad and iQon

Part of older versions of the range of internet security products from Quick Heal - including Total Security, Internet Security and AntiVirus. Scans incoming and outgoing E-mails for viruses and other malware in conjunction with the associated service (EMLPROXY.EXE). Also included by vendors who use the Quick Heal engine such as Omniquad

Part of the Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator and Easy Media Creator series of CD/DVD tools - corrects any modification made to the Roxio Engine, it exits after checking

Part of earlier versions of Elaborate Bytes' CloneDVD back-up utility and the now discontinued DVD Region Killer. Also part of the CloneCD back-up utility up to version 4.2.* when it was produced by Elaborate Bytes. Ensures that the Elaborate Bytes CD/DVD drivers are still there and have not been replaced by other utilities when Windows boots

Via Audio Deck - audio control panel for soundcards/motherboards using their Vinyl Envy range of PCI audio controllers

Part of earlier versions of Elaborate Bytes' CloneDVD back-up utility and the now discontinued DVD Region Killer. Also part of the CloneCD back-up utility up to version 4.2.* when it was produced by Elaborate Bytes. Ensures that the Elaborate Bytes CD/DVD drivers are still there and have not been replaced by other utilities when Windows boots

EarthLink Protection Control Center - "powerful, integrated security program makes it easier than ever to protect yourself against viruses, spyware, and hackers-all from one convenient location"

EZ Firewall - part of the eTrust range of security products formerly available from CA but now discontinued. Available as a stand-alone product or as part of the EZ Armor suite

Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) by Microsoft - "a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited. EMET achieves this goal by using security mitigation technologies. These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However, they work to make exploitation as difficult as possible to perform"

Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) by Microsoft - "a utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited. EMET achieves this goal by using security mitigation technologies. These technologies function as special protections and obstacles that an exploit author must defeat to exploit software vulnerabilities. These security mitigation technologies do not guarantee that vulnerabilities cannot be exploited. However, they work to make exploitation as difficult as possible to perform"