ANTI VIRUS |
rid your pc of malicious programs and scripts | ||
| What to do if you have a virus | |||
| McAfee home page | McAfee Security - Computer Virus Software and Internet Security For Your PC | ||
| McAfee | Anti Virus Tips | ||
| McAfee "FreeScan" | Free McAfee Virus Scan [ must register ] | ||
| Symantec Security Response | security threats - see free newsletter | ||
| Symantec Removal Tools | Removal Tools | ||
| Symantec Security Check Page | Free
Scan[s] online. Security, Virus, and Attack Trace  |
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| Norton Antivirus | Try or buy, autoupdates | ||
| TrendMicro | Antivirus, autoupdates cleanup fix, free internet scan | ||
| Trend Micro Free Online Scan | Free
Trend "Housecall" online virus scanning
service  |
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| Emergency Rescue Disks from Trend Micro | for clean boot scans of your pc | ||
| AVG | free downloadable virus scanner from Grisoft "The AVG E-mail scanner does not support every E-mail client. Supported clients are MS Exchange, MS Outlook and Qualcomm Eudora which use the MAPI protocol. If you are using a different client be assured that you are fully protected by the AVG resident shield" | ||
| AVG removal tools | We provide you with a list of specialized utilities for virus removal. The utilities can be used to remove of some of the most common viruses. The list is updated on regular basis. | ||
| Panda AV Home Page | Home page, free internet scan | ||
| Panda Virus Removals | Free disinfectants | ||
| Panda Free Scan | Free online scan | ||
| Panda Trialware | Try before you buy | ||
| Removal Tool list | "Virus or Hoax" Removal tools | ||
| NOD32 AntiVirus | From New Zealand [ the best? ] | ||
| Security Focus | Awesome security Newsletter - Security Issues, tells you stuff the vendors won't tell you | ||
| F Prot Anti Virus | from FRISK software ; Iceland ; many platforms supported | ||
| Dr. Solomon's | for your MacIntosh, from McAfee Security | ||
| Antivirus products, corporate and linux based, has free online scan available | |||
| Eicar Test Viruses | Test your AV program for effectiveness - Download Eicar test virus | ||
| Send Eicar viruses | Send Eicar test virus to yourself, test your AV program email scan [checked ok 7/7/08] | ||
| Extremely exhaustive AV list | from Eweek.com wow! will take you a while just to skim over this one! | ||
| VCatch AV Solution | Free AV client | ||
| CA eTrust | Free
for one year. { Free offer extended indefinitely } |
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| AntiVir | Free AV client | ||
| Avast32 free antivirus software | Freeware avast! 4 Home Edition | ||
Reviews |
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| Anti Virus Software Reviews 2005 | This site, Anti-Virus Software Review, is a tool to help you understand virus issues and to determine which solution gives you the most protection for your computer system and files. | ||
| Review of Recent Releases of AV software | in June 03 Hal PC Magazine [ Independent Reviewer ] | ||
| AV software comparison | [ Vendor Review by NOD32 - not independent ] | ||
| HackFix Misc trojans - Icons | Eye opening AV comparison matrix of effectiveness ratings | ||
| Anti-Virus
Comparative February 2005 |
Big AV comparison matrix, [by % effectiveness] | ||
| AV Comparison Site | Independent whole site on AV comparisons | ||
| Links for more AV comparisons | many links on AV comparisons | ||
Anti-trojan |
AV clients don't always get their trojan, use these | ||
| www.agnitum.com | |||
| Trojan Defence Suite | http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/ | ||
| Trojan Hunter | http://www.misec.net/trojanhunter.jsp | ||
| Trojan Remover | http://www.simplysup.com/ | ||
Anti HiJacker |
browser hijacker (sometimes called hijackware) is a type of malware program that alters your computer's browser settings so that you are redirected to Web sites that you had no intention of visiting | ||
| HijackThis | - produces report to expose hijacks and trojan / virus processes HijackThis: A general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Initially based on the article Hijacked!, but expanded with a lot of other checks against hijacker tricks. freeware. |
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General |
Everything regarding malware thats not in the other categories | ||
| Invisus | "The INVISUS® PC Security Solution is the most comprehensive PC security system for small businesses, professionals, and home office PC users" It costs $30 [1st mo.] aand $15 each subsequent. Enterprise quality service that's priced competitively with current software [ taken as a total package ]. | ||
| CNET security software reviews | How to buy security and utility software for your business | ||
VIRUS DATABASES |
More Details on your virus / worm | ||
| Trend Micro Virus Information | |||
| 1. McAfee Security - Virus Info | 2. McAfee Avert® Labs Threat Library | ||
| Panda Software - Virus Info | |||
| VirusList.com | Permanently replenishing information about new viruses.
Mechanisms of breeding and operation, detailed analysis of algorithms of viruses. |
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ANTI SPAM |
undesirable email advertising | ||
| What are Cookies? | Description of Cookies | ||
| Spamhaus | worldwide database of spammers | ||
| SpamCop | Spam Reporting service [my new easy how to instructions for spamcop] | ||
| Spambot Info | Advanced Spam Fighting Info and links showing how spammers work | ||
| Spamhilator | Anti Spam Program - Free | ||
| MailWasher | MailWasher Free highly recommended spam remover, sends "bounce" message to fool spammers | ||
| E-mail Antispam Tools | Compare AntiSpam Tools | ||
| Cookie Washer | Free Cookie Manager | ||
| My Personal AntiSpam Page | More info on spam problem | ||
| Sabotage Spammers | Bait - Send spammers thousands of useless email addresses | ||
| Fight SpamBots! | This page shows a 100 randomly generated email addresses | ||
| Still more Anti Spam Sabotage | Even more of the above | ||
| Counterexploitation [ Pro Privacy ] | More spam fighting links | ||
ANTI SPYWARE |
tiny programs left on your computer to report your habits, etc. | ||
| Spybot-S&D | Spybot Search &
Destroy anti spyware free nice howto for Spybot S&D! |
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| Spyware Blaster | Spyware Blaster anti spyware | ||
| Ad Aware anti spyware [ i use this ] free | |||
| Privacy.net | Eye opening site! See what they know about your pc when you visit a site! | ||
| Reuters Latest Financial News - Removal of Adware can be tricky | good article on spyware / adware removal programs | ||
| Spyware Info forums | forums that can help you with your specific problem | ||
FIREWALLS |
extra protection needed for high speed and other always open connections to the internet | ||
| What are Firewalls? | For novices | ||
| Zone Labs [ Broderbund ] | home of Zone Alarm, at home you only need the free one | ||
| Direct Link to ZoneAlarm Downloads | Firewall only is the free one. <<< READ !! | ||
| Blackice Defender Home Page | BlackIce Home | ||
| BlackIce Download Eval | 30 day free eval copy of BlackIce | ||
| Extremely exhaustive Firewall list | from Eweek.com, mostly enterprise quality types | ||
| MS XP Firewall Info | XP Fire wall doesn't stop Trojans you need a 2nd firewall in addition | ||
| Use the {XP}Internet Connection Firewall | MS instructions for XP firewall | ||
| Sygate Technologies, Inc. | download last Free version at 321download , link | ||
VIRUS INFO |
Some assorted picks | ||
| MS - What you should know about the blaster virus | MS page on Blaster | ||
| SWEN
info page |
Tech info page [ swen virus countermeasures] | ||
| News post shows how to block swen | Block Swen with mail client rule | ||
| A.C.V Reference Desk | courtesy of alt.comp.virus newsgroup | ||
| Virus images | amazing embedded virus images! | ||
| Giant list of AV links | Open Directory - Computers Security Anti Virus | ||
AV Newsgroups |
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| alt.comp.virus | newsgroup | ||
| alt.comp.anti-virus | newsgroup |
