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re: take your pick......
Monday, December 27, 2004 at 3:18 pm
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Posted by Blendmik (61 messages posted)

thanks to harmony and all the othgers who suggested stuff. thanks to you all!

On Monday, November 15, 2004 at 12:54 pm, joe wrote:
>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. please also further
>note that if any of the links are broken or the site appears to be down, click on
>the (--mirrors--) link next to the product name for alternate download
>sites..

Spyware & MalwareRemoval Utilities
Ad-Aware
>SE (--mirrors--)
>(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 (--mirrors--)
> (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 >href="http://tomcoyote.com/SPYBOT/index1.php"> (--mirror--) for further
>aid on how to use. please also note that if using already and/or if this is your
>first download of spybot search and destroy, on the inital scans you will read a
>DSO Exploit that upon fixing, returns back in other scans, in that case you need
>Spybot - Search and Destroy
>DSO Exploit Fix 1.3.1 TX NOTE: SpyBot-Search & Destroy 1.3 Final MUST
>be installed before this update to work properly.
CWShredder™
>2.0 (--mirrors--)
>(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 CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller
>(v1/v2) MiniRemoval .
a²
> (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.
Winsock
>XP Fix(XP users only) (free)- WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort
>if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry
>entries. It can often cure the problem of lost connections after the removal of Adware
>components or improper uninstall of firewall applications or other tools that modify
>the XP network and Winsock settings. If you encounter connection problems after removing
>network related software, Adware or after registry clean-up; and all other ways fail,
>then give WinSock XP Fix a try. It can create a registry backup of your current settings,
>so it is fairly safe to use. It was actually tested on a test machine that was having
>a Winsock problem due to some Adware removal, and after running the utility and rebooting,
>the connectivity was restored.

Spyware Protection Programs
>href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html">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
>href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html">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
>href="http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/products/housecall_launch.php">HOUSECALL-EUROPE
>( * Microsoft Internet Explorer
> * Netscape (6+)
> * Mozilla (1+)
> * Firefox (all)
> * Opera (7.5+)... Operating Systems currently supported are:
>
> * Microsoft Windows 9x
> * Microsoft Windows NT
> * Microsoft Windows 2k/XP
> * Linux
> * Solaris)
Panda
>ActiveScan
Bit Defender
>href="http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/">GFI Trojan Scan
(free
>software)
AVG 7.0(free,
>pro version around $30-$35)
Avast!(free,
>professional version available, one year subscribtion is $39.95)
AntiVir(free)
>href="http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/products.php?p_id=24">BitDefender Free Edition
>v7.0(Professional Plus Version 8.0 available for $49.95)
(Trialware)
>href="http://nct.symantecstore.com/0001/">Symantec (Norton)
McAfee
>href="http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm">TrendMicro (PC-cillin)
>href="http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/">Panda Software
(stand-alone
>utilities)
Stinger(free)
>href="http://www.pandasoftware.es/library/pqremove_en.htm">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
>advisors
how
>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
>href="http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/index.html">Jack's ME Fix's
>(This site was created by our own, great Jack Gulley, for users of the infamous operating
>system ME, a must read if using that windows operating system)

Great Browsers
>that are safer to use then Internet Explorer
Mozilla/Firefox
>
>(--mirror--)
Opera

And
>finally, if push comes to shove (XP users only)
Clean
>XP Install/Reformat

There is alot of other links that i forgot to
>mention or just didn't put on the list. Other responses will aid you to those sites,
>also, installing the google toolbar
>to your browser or just plain using the Google
>Search. Get help on How
>to read Google Search Results first to aid you in that process.

Homepage
>Tools
Yahoo: Yahoo Toolbar w/Anti-Spy
>powered by PestPatrol (Yahoo is finally playing fair in the fight aginst spyware/ADware,
>and tracking cookies. the toolbar only works with IE 5.5 and higher although is rumored
>to have a Mozilla/Firefox and Netscape version floating around out there, the anti-spy
>offered is the only free version of detect and remove offered by PestPatrol, so take
>advantage Yahoo users the popup blocker is decent but not always effective on some
>popups so a good software program such as, but not limited to Pop-Up
>Stopper Free Edition by Panicware would be a good choice)
MSN:
>MSN Toobar w/Popup Blocker. (decent
>popup blocking, but as stated above, the use of a software version if not using SP2
>(XP users only) would add and extra layer of popup blocking and malware protection.)
>