--- title: Anti Malware Advanced Protection description: Acronis Cyber Protection solutions offer anti malware advanced protection that provides security from different types of malicious malware. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/technology/antimalware/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-13 --- # Anti Malware Advanced Protection Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions deliver outstanding defense in depth (DiD) threat protection via a set of smartly integrated technologies, each of which works to prevent possible threats along dedicated stages. ![Image 2: Acronis](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/3a695e5a5d929a3d0ce5234c4cb26465.png) ### Full stack protection technologies Contains AI-, behavior- and signature-based detection and response ### Security against any threat Protects against known/unknown malware and ransomware, and fileless attacks ### Combat emerging threats Uses behavioral heuristics and dynamic detection rules to combat emerging threats ### Detect any kind of malware Scans files for trojans, viruses, backdoors, worms, keyloggers, spyware, and others ## What is malware? Malware is malicious software that is intentionally designed to damage a system or steal data. Malware is most often used by cybercriminals for financial gain, but can also be distributed as a form of protest or as an offensive weapon in the state-sponsored attacks that have become increasingly popular. Common forms of malware include viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, ransomware, botnets and any other type of potentially unwanted application. * Damages a system or steals data * Used by cybercriminals for financial gain * Includes viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, ransomware, etc. ## Effectiveness proven by independent testing laboratories [![Image 3: Acronis scored a 98.0% detection rate in a real-world test, but more importantly, it caused zero false positives – a distinction held by only three other vendors in the test.](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/f8d543527ced229159ffbc45e8858345.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-earns-approved-business-security-product-certification/) Product Report ### [Acronis scored a 98.0% detection rate in a real-world test, but more importantly, it caused zero false positives – a distinction held by only three other vendors in the test.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-earns-approved-business-security-product-certification/) [See report results here](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-earns-approved-business-security-product-certification/) [![Image 4: Both the Protection and Usability tests showed very good results. Protection was flawless and in case of Usability there was only one false positive detection which can be considered a minor issue](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/49e82b0aea00d58e871960db7f1c0bd2.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/527/) Product Report ### [Both the Protection and Usability tests showed very good results. Protection was flawless and in case of Usability there was only one false positive detection which can be considered a minor issue](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/527/) [See report results here](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/527/) [![Image 5: Acronis’s endpoint anti-malware product provided very good real-time protection against malware known to exist on systems worldwide. Acronis Cyber Platform had no false positives on any of the thousands of innocuous files used in testing.](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/944f2a7c5f06cd166bfe038de2fed6f1.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud-certified-icsa-labs/) Product Report ### [Acronis’s endpoint anti-malware product provided very good real-time protection against malware known to exist on systems worldwide. Acronis Cyber Platform had no false positives on any of the thousands of innocuous files used in testing.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud-certified-icsa-labs/) [See report results here](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud-certified-icsa-labs/) ## Multilayered approach to security Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions employ multiple defense layers to protect users against any cyber threat whether it leverages website connection, zero-day exploits, malicious injections, obfuscated malware, or other advanced malicious techniques that bypass traditional antiviruses such as fileless attacks. AI-enhanced web security to stop online attacks Since the majority of threats come from the internet, it is essential to control access to specific websites that are known to be unsafe and to legitimate websites that may have been compromised and now contain malicious content. Acronis Web Security delivers a URL analysis and filtering functionality from its cloud reputation database (Acronis Cloud Brain). Local detection rules for malicious and phishing URLs are kept in Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions, ensuring protection even when there are disruptions to the internet connection. Acronis URL filtering is enhanced with payload analysis and a machine learning model, which analyzes both the link itself and the page’s structure. ![Image 6: AI-enhanced web security to stop online attacks](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/851e5a2c6be76768e9c018ab35dbf5bc.png) ### Stops drive-by downloads Intercepts HTTP/HTTPS requests and stops attempts to silently download malware ### Blocks malicious websites Protects against any phishing sites and blocks sites that distribute malware ### Focus on current cyber threats Identifies scams using themes that leverage actual threats, such as COVID-19 ### Extensive threat intelligence Integrates intelligence from industry partners into Acronis’ detection technologies [![Image 7: Acronis multilayered cybersecurity](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/424bdbcaab574396ab3df9580bb45bae.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/519/) White paper [Acronis multilayered cybersecurity](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/519/) Understand how Acronis uses multiple defense layers to prevent, detect, and respond to modern cyber threats. [Download now](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/519/) Zero-day exploit prevention to cover unknown vulnerabilities When not delivered via malicious links and attachments, malware often infects machines via unpatched vulnerabilities. The most dangerous ones are zero-day vulnerabilities, for which no patch exists to fix the flaw. Exploit prevention is a very important part of Acronis multilayered, next-generation protection: specifically tracking and detecting malware that attempts to take advantage of software vulnerabilities. It uses behavior-based detection heuristics that are crafted with vulnerability exploitation in mind. ![Image 8: Zero-day exploit prevention to cover unknown vulnerabilities](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/80407c0a9899c1e6de35f521706edc67.png) ### Vulnerability patching Covers unpatched vulnerabilities so dangerous malware can’t exploit them ### Protection against any exploit Is effective against every known exploit technique, including memory exploits ### Behavior-based exploit prevention A special set of behavioral heuristics that’s constantly updated by Acronis experts ### Prevent fileless exploits Works well against fileless attacks, that signature-based techniques can’t detect Acronis Cloud Brain: fast signature-based cloud detection Acronis harnesses the power of cloud-delivered detection through its network of data centers around the globe. When the Acronis Cyber Protection agent on an endpoint device detects something suspicious, metadata is sent to the cloud for additional analysis and research, including sandboxing, AI-enabled processing, and so on. More sophisticated threats can be analyzed by a human expert as well. A detection record is then created, which becomes instantly available to all other endpoints that are connected to the Acronis Cloud. Signature-based detection gives you additional reassurance against all known threats, since you still occasionally encounter them. To make the detection process faster, most of cloud-, behavioral-, and AI-based detections eventually become signatures as well. ![Image 9: Acronis Cloud Brain: fast signature-based cloud detection](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/076621365ab041676b021e630ab4ca4e.png) ### Globally updated signatures Faster access in every region due to Acronis data centers located around the globe ### Nearly-instantanenous updates New detections are available for every customer within minutes of the first encounter ### AI-enabled data processing More effective detection models, thanks to AI-enabled data processing ### Zero false positives Increased accuracy of false free verdicts due to allowlisting, sandboxing, etc. NextGen AI-based static and injection detection Acronis Static AI Analyzer uses a unique set of parameters to examine Windows executables and dynamic link libraries (DLLs) to determine whether or not a process is malicious. The machine learning (ML) model is trained on both malicious and clean files in the Acronis Cloud Brain, which has already processed dozens of millions of files (while evaluating details such as the presence and validity of a digital certificate). Files are constantly analyzed in the Acronis Cloud Brain where the ML model is also trained via sandboxes and other security tools. Another AI model is responsible for detecting malicious injections into legitimate processes: a complex technique currently used by many sophisticated types of malware. [Read more](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cyber-protection-includes-predicting-disk-drive-failures-acronis-ai/) on how Acronis AI-technologies help in other security areas. ![Image 10: NextGen AI-based static and injection detection](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/37b41b406560a716c5dcf37e89b79a1e.png) ### Machine learning Helps confirm malicious processes and injections into legitimate ones ### Static AI analyzer Detect malware triggered without execution ### Defense in depth Different models are used to effectively detect different threats ### Continous improvement New models are tested every hour to improve efficiency and combat evolving threats Powerful behavioral heuristics to catch sophisticated threats Acronis’ behavioral engine analyzes suspicious kernel-level events, as well as events coming from the Windows operating system. These heuristic rules are easily updatable, enabling Acronis’ security specialists to quickly react to new, developing threats. The behavioral engine is a very powerful tool for detecting fileless threats such as memory or script-based attacks, which are often used as a part of an APT invasion. * [How Acronis prevents fileless threats PDF, 1.1 MB](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/resource/507/ "How Acronis prevents fileless threats") ![Image 11: Powerful behavioral heuristics to catch sophisticated threats](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/5b2ba8a102501c5e82e3c273ece7983d.png) ### Protection against any malware Extends the power of [Acronis Active Protection](https://www.acronis.com/en/technology/active-protection/) to address every type of malware link ### Powerful exploit prevention Effectively deals with fileless attacks and various exploit prevention techniques ### Dynamic detection rules Protection against polymorphic and obfuscated malware ### Smart protection plans Can be updated at any moment to add protection against new, emerging threats Global and local allowlists for aggressive scans with zero falso positives To detect and prevent more complex threats, it’s important to allow your anti-malware solution to make more aggressive heuristic choices. However, the more aggressive the heuristics are, the more false positives are introduced – reducing productivity rates. ![Image 12: Global and local allowlists for aggressive scans with zero false positives](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/0e5570b36136846dab5d93776c65687b.png) ### Improved detection rate More aggressive behavioral heuristics for more effective detection of malware ### Automatic allowlisting Automatically allowlists applications for time-efficiency ### Manual allowlisting Supports manual allowlisting, if needed ### Zero false positives Proven zero false positives by independent third party tests ## Related products * Acronis Cyber Platform Modernize your clients' security and backup with integrated cyber protection [Learn more](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/cyber-protect/) * Acronis Cyber Protect Complete cyber resilience for small business, including backup and DR, anti-malware and remote endpoint monitoring. [Learn more](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cyber-protect/) * Acronis True Image Protect your digital life with the only personal cyber protection solution that integrates backup and anti-malware [Learn more](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/true-image/)