Safe download sites
(Any site with a bunch of free ScreenSavers in my opinion, is not safe!)
If your going to download anything regarding a security product, ALWAYS get it from the vendors website.
(Any site with a bunch of free ScreenSavers in my opinion, is not safe!)
If your going to download anything regarding a security product, ALWAYS get it from the vendors website.
- AndyManchesta.com
- App-Stick Portable Freeware Directory
- Association of Shareware Professionals
- BearWare.info
- FileHippo.com
- Favorite Freeware
- Kim Komando Downloads
- Majorgeeks.com
- Malwarebytes.org
- Mozilla.org
- PortableApps.com
- SourceForge.net
Temp. file & history cleaners
- ATF-Cleaner
- CCleaner - Suggested download - CCleaner - Slim - No Toolbar
- CleanUp!
- Cleanup Assistant
- EasyCleaner
- Wise Disk Cleaner
Registry cleaners
Warning: Using registry cleaning tools unnecessarily or incorrectly could lead to disastrous effects on your operating system such as preventing it from starting. If your not 100% positive then leave it alone! Always make a back up of the registry first.
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
- CCleaner
- Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
- Registry Mechanic - Paid
- RegSeeker
- Wise Registry Cleaner - Free & Paid
File shredders
- BCWipe - Paid
- Eraser
- File Shredder
- nCleaner
- Jack the Shredder - Paid
- Lavasoft File Shredder - Paid
Securely wipe hard disks
Caution: DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it detects.
- Active@ KillDisk
- DBAN (Darik's Boot & Nuke)
- DBAN for floppy disks and USB flash drives
- Agnitum Outpost
- Comodo Firewall (Uncheck during installation "Install Comodo SafeSurf..", Make Comodo my default search provider" and "Make Comodo Search my homepage" if you install Comodo)
- Jetico - Free & paid
- Kerio - Sunbelt
- Online Armor
- PC Tools Firewall Plus
- PeerGuardian - IP Blocker
- ZoneAlarm Free
- ZoneAlarm Pro - Paid
Antivirus (use only one)
- a-squared Anti-Malware - Subscription only
- avast! 4 Home Edition
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
- AntiVir Personal Edition
- ArcaVir - Subscription only - English & Polish
- BitDefender 10 Free Edition - Scan and remove only, no protection
- BitDefender - Subscription only
- BullGuard Antivirus - Subscription only - Multiple Language
- CA Anti-Virus - Subscription only
- ClamWin Free - Portable
- Comodo AntiVirus
- Dr.Web - Subscription only
- ESET Nod32 Antivirus System - Subscription only
- F-PROT Antivirus - Subscription only
- F-Secure Anti-Virus - Subscription only
- G DATA - Subscription only
- HAURI - Subscription only - English & Korean
- IKARUS - Subscription only - English & German
- Jiangmin Antivirus - Subscription only - English & Chinese
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus - Subscription only
- McAfee VirusScan Plus - Subscription only
- MicroWorld Escan - Subscription only
- Norman Antivirus - Subscription only
- Norton AntiVirus - Subscription only
- Panda Antivirus - Subscription only
- PC Tools AntiVirus
- Quick Heal Anti-Virus - English & Hindi
- RISING Antivirus
- Solo Antivirus - Subscription only
- Safe'n'Sec - 30 days full feature trial
- The Hacker - Subscription only - Spanish Language
- Trend Micro AntiVirus - Subscription only
- TrustPort Antivirus - Subscription only
- VBA 32 - Subscription only - Multiple Language
- VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware - 15 days full feature trial
- Virusbuster - Subscription only - English & Hungarian
- Webroot AntiVirus - Subscription only
Gaming antivirus
- BitDefender Game Safe - Subscription only
- BullGuard Gamer's Edition - Subscription only
- nProtect GameGuard - Subscription only
- Norton AntiVirus Gaming Edition - Subscription only
Portable security
- a-squared HiJackFree
- Ad-Aware SE (only the SE Personal edition, Ad Aware 2007 is not portable)
- avast! Virus Cleaner
- AVG Rescue CD 7.5 (paid version)
- AVIRA Removal Tool
- CCleaner
- Clam Win
- CWShredder
- Dr. Web CureIt!
- Eraser Portable
- Malwarebytes FileASSASSIN
- HijackThis
- McAfee Avert Stinger
- McAfee VirusScan USB (paid version)
- Multi Virus Cleaner
- Portable Antivirus
- Process Explorer
- RogueRemover FREE
- RootkitRevealer
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- WinPatrol USB Flash Edition
Spyware/Malware scan & removal
Some offer real time protection with the paid version
- Ad-Aware 2007 Free
- CounterSpy - 15 day trial
- Dr.Web CureIt
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Free & Paid
- Pest Patrol - Subscription only
- RogueRemover FREE
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Spyware Doctor
- Spyware Terminator - Without Web Security Guard
- SuperAntiSpyware - SUPERAntiSpyware Free and Professional comparison
- The Cleaner v5 Free
- WebRoot's Spysweeper - Subscription only
Online virus & spyware scans
Most of these require working ActiveX - Internet Explorer
Most of these require working ActiveX - Internet Explorer
- a-squared Web Malware Scanner
- BitDefender Online Scanner
- CA eTrust Antivirus Scanner
- ESET Nod32 Online Scanner
- F-Secure Online ScannerKaspersky Webscan - Scan only - Does not remove what is found
- McAfee Free Scan - Scan only - Does not remove what is found
- Panda ActiveScan
- Panda's NanoScan - Scan only - IE or Firefix
- Symantec Security Check - Scan only - Does not remove what is found
- Tenebril Spyware Scanner - Scan only
- Trend Micro HouseCall - Works with Firefox or IE
- Zone Alarm Online Scanner - Scan only - Does not remove what is found
Online trojan scans
Require Internet Explorer
- ewido online scan
- Windows Security Trojan Scan - Uses the a² scanning engine
Virus & spyware blockers
Anti-Trojan scanners
- a-squared Free
- TrojanHunter - free trial
- Trojan Remover - free trial
Anti-Keylogger
- Advanced Anti Keylogger - Paid
- Anti-keylogger - Paid
- Elite Anti Keylogger - Paid
- KL-Detector - Free
- Process Monitor - Free
- SnoopFree - XP only - Free
Rootkit detection
Rootkit scans can be easily misunderstood. It is advised to ask for help if you are not sure of the findings.
- F-Secure Blacklight - Blacklight Tutorial
- Panda Anti-Rootkit
- Rootkit Revealer
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit
- Trend Micro Rootkit Buster
Online website URL analysis & advisors
- Dr.Web online check
- Finjan SecureBrowsing
- LinkScanner
- Malware Patrol
- McAfee SiteAdvisor
- Norton SafeWeb
- Sitehound - Free to try
- Unmask Parasites
- vURL Online
- WOT Web of Trust
SafeSurf ® - The original Internet content rating system! - ICCS® Certified
For added security always keep your browser,firewall and antivirus up to date!
Software Vulnerability Scanning - Secunia.com
Password managers
For added security always keep your browser,firewall and antivirus up to date!
Software Vulnerability Scanning - Secunia.com
Password managers
File/Drive encryption
- AxCrypt
- BestCrypt - Paid
- Dekart Light
- Lavasoft Digital Lock - Paid
- PGP Encryption
- PowerCrypt
- TrueCrypt
Analysis
HijackThis log tutorials
Please ask for help in our forums when using HijackThis if you are not 100% positive.
Specialized free removal tools
You may need to know the virus or spyware name to use some of these.
- avast! Virus Cleaner Free Download
- AVG Specialized Removal Tools
- BitDefender Specialized Removal Tools
- F-Secure Virus Removal Tools
- Griftsoft/AVG Vcleaner
- Kaspersky Virus Removal Tools
- McAfee Avert Stinger
- Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Trend Micro Damage Cleanup Engine
- Sophos Virus Disinfection
- Symantec Specialized Removal Tools
- Panda QuickRemover
Program & file identification
- Answers that Work
- BleepingComputer File database
- BleepingComputer Startup List Database
- Computer Task Database and Spyware Directory
- PC Pitstop Known-Programs Database
- Spyware Data File List
- Spyware Encyclopedia #1
- Tony Klein and CastleCops list of BHOs
- WhatIsThatFile.com
- Windows Startup Online
Suspicious file scanners
These will not remove malware but will help identify if a file is infected.
- Anubis - Must be a Windows executable not more than 2 MB
- avast! Online Scanner - 512 KB File size limit
- Avert® Labs WebImmune - Free Registration required
- ClamAV COSS File Scanner - 500 KB File size limit
- Comodo Instant Malware Analysis
- Dr.Web File Check
- Eset On-line Scanner - In Slovak
- FortiGuard Virus Scanner & Submission - 1 MB File size limit
- JoeBox
- Jotti's Malware Scan - multiple engine scan
- Kaspersky File Scanner
- Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Results via email
- Novirusthanks.org - multiple engine scan
- Norman Sandbox Information Center - Results via email
- Sunbelt Sandbox - Results via email
- Surf Right Malware Analysis - Results via email
- PC Tools Threat Expert File Scanner - Results via email
- VBA32
- VirusChief - multiple engine scan
- Virus.Org File Scanning Service - multiple engine scan
- Virustotal - multiple engine scan
- VirSCAN.org multiple engine scan
Remove stubborn files/programs
- Pocket Killbox
- Revo Uninstaller - Guide - Using Revo Uninstaller
- Unlocker - Guide - Using Unlocker
- Your Uninstaller 2008! - 21 day trial
General purpose/all in one fixes
These tools can fix some Browser and Internet problems caused by malware.
- Dial-a-fix
- IEFix
- FixPolicies.exe by Bill Castner Tutorial
- LSP-Fix
Web browsers
Vulnerability testing
- Drivers Update Software by RadarSync
- eicar THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE
- Leak Test
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- PC Pitstop
- Secunia Software Inspector
- Security Test Sites
- Shields UP!
Software updates & definitions
- Calendar Of Updates
- FileHippo.com Update Checker
- Microsoft Windows Update
- Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI)
- VersionTracker
- WinUpdatesList (Service Packs and Hotfixes)
- Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Malware databases
- AVG Virus Encyclopedia
- Avira Virus Info
- BitDefender Virus Encyclopedia
- Computer Associates Spyware Information Center
- Computer Associates Virus Information Center
- ESET Threat Encyclopedia
- F-Secure Spyware Description Database
- F-Secure Virus Description Database
- Fortinet Virus Encyclopedia
- Kasperksy's VirusList.Com
- McAfee Avert Labs Threat Library
- Microsoft's MMPC Encyclopedia
- Norman Virus Descriptions
- Panda Encyclopedia
- Panda Security - What is spyware?
- Secuna Virus Information
- Sophos Threat analyses
- SpywareGuide greynet applications
- Symantec Security Response
- Symantec Threat Explorer
- Trend Micro Virus Encyclopedia
- VirusBuster Encyclopedia
