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Malware does come in all shapes and sizes, varying widely in their technical sophistication.

That's Not to say virus scans are always useless. Security software often sends its roots deep in Windows, in an attempt to prevent malware from disabling it, the downside being that if it is compromised, malware developers love to exploit that high level of privilege. UnHackMe in a nutshell may or may not help, and like other virus scanners, *may* actually increase your attack surface. That said, malware developers have worked for decades to keep their malware hidden, so scans won't/can't find them. That may pick up malware and related files that can't be seen in a corrupted copy of Windows. some are designed to boot the device into a WinPE or Linux environment to scan files without Windows running. UnHackMe is a file scanner - many of the big anti malware software companies offer similar as standalone apps, and they have their purpose, e.g.