Emsisoft has announced that beta versions of Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Emsisoft Internet Security 10 are now available for testing.

The headline improvement is in scan speed, with Emsisoft claiming a typical malware scan fell from 5 minutes 42 seconds to 57 seconds, an 83% drop.

A new ability to set up multiple scheduled scans gives you far more flexibility. You can run quick scans every two hours between 9-5pm on weekdays, a full scan overnight at the weekend. a custom scan whenever you like: it’s all very straightforward.

The new Malware scan is much faster than before (though maybe not 6x)

The behaviour blocker is more transparent, thanks to a new panel which displays all the processes it’s monitoring.

Version 10 also provides more fine-tuning of its privacy settings. If you’ve signed up for Emsisoft’s Anti-Malware Network then you can now tell the program not to submit details of applications and host rules, detected malware and more.

Our very first scan with this build didn’t show anything like a 6x speed increase, but it does seem a little faster, and the extra scanning flexibility is worth having.

There is no separate beta download, so if you want to check out the new engine for yourself then you must update from an existing Emsisoft Anti-Malware or Emsisoft Internet Security installation. Click Settings > Updates, check “Enable beta updates” and click “Update now”. Wait for the update to complete, reboot and you’ll be ready to go.