Essentware S.A. the official owner of PCKeeper brand informs it s users that both of company products have successfully passed the Windows 10 compatibility qualification. PCKeeper Live and PCKeeper Antivirus were assigned with client certifications id s upon submission and approval in the Microsoft Windows System Development portal. Id 13359417 13359411 Product info PCKeeper - Ver. 2.2.2121 PCKeeper Antivirus - Ver. 1.1.604 Windows 10 Windows 10 1 PCKeeper
PCKeeper App eligibility Microsoft Corporation has strict Certification requirements for vendors that would like to apply for Windows Desktop Apps certification. Primary focus lays on users best experience with Windows operating system and its privacy and security. Microsoft Sys Dev provides Software Vendors with all the necessary tools to design, create and test product prior the submission to the Dev Center dashboard that recently replaced the Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual). There are 12 basic criteria that must be adhered for an app to qualify for Windows 10 Desktop App Certification. By providing software vendors with a chance to qualify for a certification Microsoft Corporation helps them to deliver the best quality products to end-users. In that way vendors help their customers to identify quality products that run reliably on Windows-based computers. Aditional regulations apply if the desktop application is submitted to the antivirus products listing. To pass the certification PCKeeper Antivirus was checked to comply with Antimalware Platform Guidelines. One of the main criteria apart from having a party of in-house researchers and being a part of a partner organization that was offered in the agreement by Microsoft corporation PCKeeper antivirus had to be tested and certified for detection and cleaning and passed manual submission by Microsoft Sys Dev representatives. 2 PCKeeper
Viacheslav Kaplanian Chief Executive Officer CEO of Essentware Mr. Viacheslav Kaplanian says: We find it a great and honor to pass the qualification criteria and will do whatever we must to ensure the best experience for Windows 10 users. The development team behind PCKeeper products expresses its deep acknowledgment for being granted a chance to pass the certification and being a part of the certified vendor community Essentware company is a listed solution provider that can be found on Microsoft Pinpoint Portal. Both of the products PCKeeper Antivirus and PCKeeper Live provided by the company are available for public review on the Microsoft Pinpoint Portal. 3 PCKeeper
Below you can find the main regulations that had to be followed by PCKeeper products and Essentware company to comply with Microsoft Corporation policies that are oriented towards bringing the best experience for users currently using Windows 10 Operating System. 1. Compatible and resilient. By this criteria PCKeeper has proven to be predictable, maintainable, performant and trustworthy as stated in the criteria. Thus Crashes & hangs are a major disruption to users and cause frustration. 2. Adherence to Windows security best practices By following this criteria Microsoft Corporation encourages vendors to Use Windows security best practices that can help avoid creating exposure to Windows attack surfaces. 3. Full Support of Windows security features. That criteria ensures Improperly compiled applications that could cause buffer overruns that in turn could cause denial of service or make malicious code execute not to enter the software market. 4. Adherence to system restart manager messages. As for example to support the users desire for initiate shutdown. As it is stated, apps that qualify for the criteria must respect this desire by not blocking shutdown. 5. Support of a clean, and reversible installation processes. The criteria specially made for comfortable user managment of deploying and removing apps on their systems. 6. Digitally files and drivers signature requirement. An option that allows users to be sure that the software is genuine. It also helps users to detect if it has been infected by a virus and improve the security of the operating system. 4 PCKeeper
7. Interdiction of installation or app launch based on an operating system version check The criteria ensures that customers are not artificially blocked from installing or running their app when there are no technical limitations. 8. Interdiction of loading services or drivers in safe mode As it is known by default, the safe mode does not start most drivers and services that did not come preinstalled with Windows so they should remain disabled unless the system requires them. 9. Strict obligation to follow User Account Control guidelines UAC is a feature that provides app with the necessary permissions only when needed without leaving the system constantly exposed to security risks. 10. Installation to the correct folders by default Users should have a consistent and secure experience with the default installation location of files, while maintaining the option to install an app to the location they choose. 11. Support of a multi-user sessions Users must be able to run concurrent sessions without conflict or disruption. 12. Support x64 versions of Windows Taking in to consideration that 64-bit hardware becomes more common users expect app developers to take advantage of the benefits of 64-bit architecture by migrating their apps to 64-bit. 5 PCKeeper
In addition to Windows compatibility qualification results, PCKeeper AV team has shared data on threat detection, based on scan reports collected since the beginning of 2016. The statistics provided is based on users geolocation. Only full scan results were taken to provide the final data analysis. The results are based only on 100% finished scan procedures. Scans were performed on every physical drive detected on Personal Computer system. This information displays detected threats with quantity over 1 threat-unit per full scanned hard drive per single Personal Computer system. Threats found during the full scan include, but not limited to: Viruses, Trojans, Spyware, Exploits, PUP, Adware. 6 PCKeeper
WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 8.1 WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 7 COUNTRY FULL SCAN COMPLETED THREATS (OVER1) WITH THREATS (OVER 1) USA 59723 51212 85.75 Great Britain 7999 7065 88.32 Australia 2990 2561 85.65 New Zealand 1792 1517 84.65 Japan 25090 20801 82.91 France 18205 15541 85.37 Denmark 10516 9722 92.45 Canada 5445 4842 88.93 Argentina 2883 2244 77.84 Belgium 5434 4019 73.96 Brazil 3356 2797 83.34 Switzerland 4922 3895 79.13 Colombia 1853 1435 77.44 Spain 7971 6704 84.10 Israel 1043 807 77.37 Italy 2847 2234 78.47 Mexico 7259 5729 78.92 Netherlands Norway Portugal Sweden 2704 630 2021 2772 2033 529 1538 2206 75.18 83.97 76.10 79.58 Grand Total (All Windows versions) Full scan completed 732253 Threats (over 1) 562443 % with threats (over 1) 92.4% South Africa 1077 802 74.47 7 PCKeeper
WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 8.1 WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 7 COUNTRY FULL SCAN COMPLETED THREATS (OVER1) WITH THREATS (OVER 1) USA 22554 20616 91.41 Great Britain 3610 3311 91.72 Australia 1891 1712 90.53 New Zealand 1424 1306 91.71 Japan 7947 6393 80.45 France 8249 7407 89.79 Denmark 5304 5006 94.38 Canada 2828 2631 93.03 Belgium 2574 1944 75.52 Brazil 1997 1608 80.52 Switzerland 2882 2217 76.93 Colombia 1385 1120 80.87 Spain 4444 3561 80.13 Italy 1570 1249 79.55 Mexico 5110 4255 83.27 Netherlands 1073 815 75.96 Norway 198 147 74.24 Portugal 1158 863 74.53 Grand Total Full scan completed 732253 Sweden 1276 999 78.29 (All Windows Threats (over 1) 562443 South Africa 871 631 72.45 versions) % with threats (over 1) 92.4% 8 PCKeeper
WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 8.1 WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 7 COUNTRY FULL SCAN COMPLETED THREATS (OVER1) WITH THREATS (OVER 1) USA 3434 3118 90.80 Great Britain 473 438 92.60 Australia 341 305 89.44 New Zealand 173 159 91.91 Japan 483 395 81.78 France 1214 1081 89.04 Denmark 605 565 93.39 Canada 378 348 92.06 Argentina 747 552 73.90 Belgium 339 251 74.04 Brazil 646 480 74.30 Switzerland 394 321 81.47 Colombia 470 366 77.87 Spain 712 545 76.54 Israel 69 50 72.46 Italy 313 244 77.96 Mexico 1492 1190 79.76 Netherlands Norway Portugal Russia 118 29 148 51 83 19 108 31 70.34 65.52 72.97 60.78 Grand Total (All Windows versions) Full scan completed 732253 Threats (over 1) 562443 % with threats (over 1) 92.4% Sweden 204 143 70.10 South Africa 298 211 70.81 9 PCKeeper
WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 8.1 WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 7 COUNTRY FULL SCAN COMPLETED THREATS (OVER1) WITH THREATS (OVER 1) USA 25231 23611 93.58 Great Britain 4448 4108 92.36 Australia 2394 2210 92.31 New Zealand 1245 1184 95.10 Japan 11269 10241 90.88 France 12584 11621 92.35 Denmark 9480 8909 93.98 Canada 4794 4534 94.58 Belgium 3695 2689 72.77 Brazil 6677 5292 79.26 Switzerland 4154 3276 78.86 Colombia 3343 2554 76.40 Spain 9589 7350 76.65 Italy 3489 2673 76.61 Mexico 8229 6633 80.61 Netherlands 2250 1692 75.20 Norway 319 228 71.47 Portugal 1786 1294 72.45 Grand Total Full scan completed 732253 Sweden 2195 1660 75.63 (All Windows Threats (over 1) 562443 versions) % with threats (over 1) 92.4% 10 PCKeeper