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Posted by Brett Jarcevic on September 18, 2005, 9:41 pm
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This tool is great! thanks very useful
> From: "the staring frogs of Southern Iberia" <hunyakatnetscape.com>
>
> | Fairly new to Stinger. Downloaded to back up my AVG utility and
> have
> | run it a couple of times with no intrusions. How do I keep Stinger
> updated?
> | Don't see an "update" button or do I just keep visiting their website?
> |
>
> Stinger is NOT a good backup for AVG becuase it only targets ~53
> infectors, mostly Internet
> worms, and their respective infectors. It is bassically a removal tool
> (and a very good
> one) one you know the PC is indeed infected with one of the targeted
> infectors.
>
> The only way to update Stinger is to download the latest version since the
> engine and
> signatures are embedded into the one EXE file.
>
> I suggest the following instead. It is a front end to the Trend Sysclean
> utility and
> command line scanners (CLS) from McAfee and Sophos. All broad-spectrum
> anti virus tools.
> The McAfee CLS has signatures for ~150,000 infectors, Sophos CLS has
> signatures infectors
> for ~110,000 and Trend Micro has signatures for ~109,000 infectors.
>
> None of the three scanners need to pre-exist on your PC as the utility
> will download the
> required files. Successive usage will also keep their respective
> signatures and engines
> updated as well.
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script
> Interpreter {
> scripts, one Link
> (.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and
> WGET.EXE. It will
> simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus
> Command Line Scanners to
> remove viruses, Trojans and various other malware.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in
> Normal Mode. This
> way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files
> or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have
> downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into
> Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want
> to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal
> Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more
> comprehensive PDF help
> file.
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to
> go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
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