MetaDefender Drive v4.4.2

Released on Feb 10, 2026

This release includes new features and issue fixes

New Features

• MetaDefender Drive In-Session Scanning: Scans devices while the system remains operational using 3 anti-malware engines including ESET, Bitdefender, and Predictive Alin AI

• • Inspection of running processes and libraries in memory, local disks, boot sectors, and selected files or folders

  • Ideal for critical environments where downtime is not acceptable

  • Automatically sync scan reports to Central Management

  • Located in the Tools directory of MetaDefender Drive

Improvements

• Scan engines start only when a scan begins, based on user selection

• Scan progress and reporting improvements:

  • More detailed information for the skipped files

  • More precise elapsed time and progress for large scans

  • Showing consistent background color for the items being scanned

• MetaDefender Drive efficiently works when the storage consumption increases

• Archive settings are now fully applied

• Showing Disk Labels in Central Management reports