virus, malware, and other scumware resources
Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 3:49 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by joe
(7018 messages posted)
One of the most asked about questions (other then SP2) is virus's, spyware, adware,
malware, and worms/trojans removal, protection/preventions, and basic questions on
which is better and what-not. Here is a list of links as well as brief descriptions
to to said products. Most are free or offer free, limited versions of thier products
and some offer free trials. Most products listed below are totally free, asking only
that you donate if you choose to and all currencies listed below are in U.S.Dollars.
Some of you have products not listed below. I advise that if you do have a product
not on the list and it may be a rogue product so please refer to Rogue
Anti-Spyware List for further help on that. Also to the regulars of this
site, If there are any more resources that I may have left off, please add them in
your response. please note: before using any product, have an understanding
of it, if not sure, post ask, we will assist you in anyway we can.
Spyware
& MalwareRemoval Utilities
Ad-Aware
SE(free, and pro version available for $39.95)-advanced protection from known
Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans,
Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components
SpyBot-Search
& Destroy(free)-detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer,
use along side with Ad-Aware for great protection and removal of scumware.Read the
Spybot Tutorial
for further aid on how to use.
CWShredder
2.0(free)-Originally developed by Merijn Bellekom of the Netherlands, CWShredder™
detects and removes coolwebsearch and its variants, a must have.this newest version,
2.0 was just released: October 2004, please note CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller (v1 and
v2) is a new, real ugly variant of CoolWWWSearch. When running, it will close every
browser window you use to visit a large list of anti-spyware-sites, and even will
close Spybot-S&D and some other anti-spyware applications as well.
So if your copy of Spybot-S&D (or the anti-spyware application of your choice) closes
a few seconds after starting, or your browser closes whenever you try to visit an
anti-spyware site, try CWShredder
Mini Removal (v.1/v.2).
A-squared
(free, personal version available for $29.95)-This is a great and highly recommended
bit of software for scanning, detecting, and removing Trojans, Worms, and Dialers.
HijackThis 1.98.2(free)-
a general homepage hijackers detector and remover, please note that Hijack This is
for advanced users. If you are not familiar with running processes on your computer
as well as anything ever installed that could tie into your web browser, so ask for
help from someone whom is familiar with this program, there is plenty of help here
or on the web, or log onto and read the
HijackThis tutorial
LSPFix(free)-a
utility to repair a specific type of problem associated with certain Internet software.
This type of software is known as a Layered Service Provider or LSP, a piece of software
that can be inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler like a link in a chain. However,
due to bugs in the LSP software or deletion of the software, this chain can get broken,
rendering the user unable to access the Internet.
Spyware Protection Programs
SpywareBlaster 3.2(free)Prevents
the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and
other potentially unwanted pests in Internet Explorer, and Mozilla/Firefox
SpywareGuard 2.2 (free)-
provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition
to SpywareBlaster's protection method.
MVPS
Host(free)-A hosts file that will block you from connecting to known malware
and adware sites
IE-SPYAD(free)-adds
a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and
crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer.
Free
Online/Virus Scanners
(scanners)
HOUSECALL
Panda
ActiveScan
Bit Defender
GFI Trojan Scan
(free
software)
AVG 6.0 (free,
7.0 pro version around $30-$35)
Avast!(free,
professional version available, one year subscribtion is $39.95)
AntiVir(free)
BitDefender Free Edition
v7.0(Professional Plus Version 8.0 available for $49.95)
(Trialware)
Symantec (Norton)
McAfee
TrendMicro (PC-cillin)
Panda Software
(stand-alone
utilities)
Stinger(free)
Panda's Free 38 Virus
Removal Tool
Firewalls
Zone
Alarm (free, pro version available for $49.95)
OutPost
Free Firewall(pro version available for $39.95)
Kerio(Kerio
Personal Firewall 4 is available in two flavors - the full edition and the limited
free edition.
After installation, KPF works as the full edition for 30 days, after which it becomes
the limited free edition.Full version available for $45)
Sygate
Personal(free, pro version available for $39.95)
Other Important
Removal Tools
KazaaBegone(free)-A
Kazaa uninstall which scans and removes all elements of all Kazaa versions, as well
as all of the bundled software that comes with it.
Spybot
Worm Removal(free)-W32.Spybot.Worm is a detection for a family of worms that
spreads using KaZaA file sharing and mIRC. This worm can also spread to computers
that are infected with common backdoor Trojan horses
sasser.removal.tool(free)
Other
important links
Spywareinfo
" the spyware and hijackware removal specialists"
doxdesk
spyware and parasites specialist
Audit
My PC Free online PC security check
security
advisorshow
did I get infected in the first place self explanatory
pchell a reputable spyware removal infromative site
Major
Geeks a plethora of free and shareware scumware removers
just a
few of many great Annoyances.org responses
virus/spyware/ADware
removal
lsass.exe
Great
Browsers that are safer to use then Internet Explorer
Mozilla/Firefox
Opera
And finally, if push
comes to shove
Clean
XP Install/Reformat
There is alot of other links that i forgot to
mention or just didn't put on the list. Other resonses will aid you to those sites,
also, installing the google toolbar
to your browser or just plain using the Google
Search will also aid you in finding alot of the easier answers on your own
if you want.
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