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Posted by Lewis Angel on March 7, 2008, 11:52 am
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Does anyone have recommendations good malware detection and removal ?
Preferably free.
Thanks,
Lewis
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Posted by Bud on March 7, 2008, 12:28 pm
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Lewis Angel wrote:
> Does anyone have recommendations good malware detection and removal ?
> Preferably free.
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> Thanks,
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> Lewis
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SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
SpywareTerminator
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
SpywareDoctor (Free version from Google Pack)
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/google_pack/
AVGAntispyware (Free Version)
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/us/frt/0
Many of these have a 'Pay' version which offer more options- like real time
protection. Check them out and decide which you like best. HTH
Bud
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Posted by Bud on March 7, 2008, 7:01 pm
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say more that might help you in making a decision..or not. LOL!
Comodo's BOClean which is touted to be good re: trojans and gets many good
reviews. It does lack on-demand scanning and real time protection but is
said to just lay there and go into action to stop a Trojan from running if
one is downloaded.
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html
FWIW I also have the old versions of AdAware, The Cleaner and Spybot. The
Cleaner stopped all support and updates for this version in December and
AdAware can be updated only by a bit of run-around. I have not been
impressed by what I've seen or heard about the new versions and to get the
options that were available in the old versions now costs money. I'll
probably uninstall them soon.
I'm using the pay version of AVGAnti-spyware. The renewal for 2 years was
less than $20 and it get's good reviews and coverage. Easy to use also. The
free version of SpywareDoctor has found things the others have missed and
I'm considering getting the pay-for version of it also.
In any case unless you're really hard up for disk space I'd get and install
Spywareblaster, SpywareGuard and BOClean. They lack some features but take
up little resource and just kinda lay there if needed. I've used both
SpywareTerminator and SuperAntispyware and can't really tell much
difference. They are both free so try/use them both.
That's my take on some of these proggys so hope that additional info helped.
Bud
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Posted by VanguardLH on March 8, 2008, 8:11 am
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> Just listed some without comment and forgot an old favorite of many.
> I'll say more that might help you in making a decision..or not. LOL!
> Comodo's BOClean which is touted to be good re: trojans and gets
> many good reviews. It does lack on-demand scanning
True. It is only an on-access scanner.
> and real time protection
Um, on-access (real-time) protection is what it DOES provide.
> but is said to just lay there and go into action to stop a Trojan
> from running if one is downloaded.
There are few database updates to BOClean anymore. Even the author
admits that the heuristics are antiquated. Don't expect it to find
many trojans anymore when compared to even the freebie anti-virus
scanners available now. If you visit the Comodo forums (which
acquired BOClean), it hasn't been updated in years and is not
considered adequate or even feasible anti-trojan protection anymore.
Comodo does intend to include portions of BOClean's algorithms into
version 3 of their free anti-virus program. Alas, version 2 of
Comodo's anti-virus program has less than 45% coverage of known pests
(i.e., it is a very poor AV program) and has remained in beta status
throughouts its existence (so Comodo can divert any indepedent testing
of their AV program under the guise of "its still beta"). Version 2
will always remain beta until version 3 comes out (that will include
HIPS); however, if version 3 remains beta for more than a couple
months then figure it will suffer the same fate as version 2 and be
low in coverage and discarded as a viable free AV alternative.
> FWIW I also have the old versions of AdAware, The Cleaner and
> Spybot.
Never used Cleaner. Although I still have Ad-Aware (free) and Spybot
S&D installed, I don't consider these as top-notch detectors anymore.
I use them like you use caulk around a window: doesn't block the major
problem but might fill in the holes. They're free and I do NOT run
them as on-access scanner but only as on-demand scanners.
> I'm using the pay version of AVGAnti-spyware.
This product used to be called ewido. Then Grisoft (under their AVG
product family brand) grabbed it and renamed it. It's good. Although
you download the trial version, it becomes a free version after the
30-day trial. That is, it does not fully cripple itself after the
trial period but instead just disables the on-access scanner, so it is
still a viable on-demand scanner. Grisoft also has their AntiRootkit
(also free).
> In any case unless you're really hard up for disk space I'd get and
> install Spywareblaster, SpywareGuard and BOClean.
While I still use SpywareBlaster to add AX disable registry keys for
known malware along with their bad sites list that gets added to the
Restricted Sites zone which, unlike a hosts file, still lets you visit
the site but neuters it, I wouldn't bother with SpywareGuard anymore.
Its algorithms are very antiquated. Even Microsoft's Windows Defender
is better (but not for pest coverage and instead as a monitor to check
with system changes are made). There hasn't been a database update
for SpywareGuard since 1/22/2004. You expect a security product with
4 year-old signatures to find any pests that you encounter today?
Dump SpywareGuard as it won't protect you. Signatures are too old.
Heuristic algorithms are even more ancient.
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Posted by VanguardLH on March 8, 2008, 9:13 am
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how much memory it eats up. PC Tools Spyware Doctor eats up about
36MB but can occasionally jump up to over 150MB (even with you doing
nothing in its GUI).
There are some system protections in Spyware Doctor that duplicate
what Windows Defender and other security suites will protect.
Duplication means duplicate prompts regarding the same detected
change. However, many of these protections (under OnGuard) are
disabled in the free version of Spyware Doctor. Browser Guard,
Network Guard, Process Guard, and Startup Guard are all disabled and
you cannot enable them in the free version. So to have those
system-level protections, you WILL need to get something in addition
to the free version of Spyware Doctor. Considering that all but one
(File Guard) is disabled in the free version, Spyware Doctor consumes
too much memory.
Spyware Doctor is useful but understand that it is lureware trying to
get you to "upgrade" (i.e., PAY) for the full version. Considering
that almost all the "guard" protections are disabled, I would normally
suggest to just leave their OnGuard function disabled and use Spyware
Doctor as an on-demand scanner; however, disabling OnGuard does little
to return the memory that Spyware Doctor consumes. 35MB is way too
memory to consume for a security program that is only ran as an
on-demand scanner (i.e., when you are not running the on-demand scan,
the product should not consume ANY memory!).
Unless you are buying the full (paid) version or you are willing to
have a bunch of disabled "guards" consume memory then I'd suggest not
bothering to use Spyware Doctor.
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