Anti-trojan Software Reviews

[Frank Bohan]

A survey of the best anti-trojan programs.

http://www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com/

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Frank Bohan
¶ Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

 

[bassbag]

A survey of the best anti-trojan programs.

http://www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com/

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Frank Bohan
¶ Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

An intresting review.
As a registered user of quite a few of the ATs listed there, with over a
years actual use of most of them , the review of boclean suprises me.Though
after reading the review again , it appears that the reviews leave a lot
to be desired.For example they state that boclean only detected 4 of thier
trojans using the "monitor".Well of course it would it has no file
scanner.It detects trojans on activation and shuts them down harmlessly (and
in silent unattended mode if wished).Thats how its supposed to work.Boclean
has not declined in detection either ,as on numerous occasions it has
detected trojans before the top two listed (tds 3 and trojanhunter did
respond by updating thier database between 1 and 3 days on my
submission of some trojans),and is updated daily.Of course the the reviewers
are entitled to thier opinions , but as an active user of boclean tds3 and
trojan hunter id rate boclean first ,tds3 second and trojanhunter third.This
is based on my experience of using all 3 for over a year , and includes
detection ,updates ,and ease of use.Boclean came top in my experience in all
3 categories.Just my opinion.
me

 

[Rod]

as an active user of boclean tds3 and
trojan hunter id rate boclean first ,tds3 second and trojanhunter third.

Well, I guess it's a shame that NONE of them are freeware...

 

[bassbag]

Well, I guess it's a shame that NONE of them are freeware...

Yes it is a shame none are freeware....thats why i added off topic (OT) in
the subject line.
me

 

[Rod]

Yes it is a shame none are freeware....thats why i added off topic
(OT) in the subject line.

So, how would you rate them against a² Free ?

 

[bassbag]

So, how would you rate them against a² Free ?

I dont know rod.Ive never tried ewido or a2free , though i have heard they
are both very good , and comparable with tds3 trojan hunter and boclean.All
have thier good and bad points.Im not entirely certain but i dont think A2
free has a resident scanner only on demand. , thats why i have the others.A
little OTT maybe , but trying software (freware of paid for) is sort of a
hobby , and i guess (in my view anyway) boclean is way better than the
reviewer makes out.If my system ran better with KAV ,i guess id use that and
have no need for an anti trojan , but currently boclean is top of my list
out of the three i mentioned anyway.
me

 

[Rod]

I dont know rod.Ive never tried ewido or a2free , though i have heard
they are both very good , and comparable with tds3 trojan hunter and
boclean.All have thier good and bad points.Im not entirely certain but
i dont think A2 free has a resident scanner only on demand. , thats
why i have the others.A little OTT maybe , but trying software
(freware of paid for) is sort of a hobby , and i guess (in my view
anyway) boclean is way better than the reviewer makes out.If my system
ran better with KAV ,i guess id use that and have no need for an anti
trojan , but currently boclean is top of my list out of the three i
mentioned anyway.

I don't know much about Ewido either. I had a² (free edition) installed on
my sytem. IIRC it does only on demand scanning as you pointed out.
The stories were (are) indeed that is very good, but I must say it's
scanning was awfully slow and it never ever found anything on my system, so
I got rid of it.
It also makes me wonder if I need a program like this. I have a anti-virus,
a firewall and the usual anti-spyware programs.

 

[bassbag]

I don't know much about Ewido either. I had a² (free edition) installed on
my sytem. IIRC it does only on demand scanning as you pointed out.
The stories were (are) indeed that is very good, but I must say it's
scanning was awfully slow and it never ever found anything on my system, so
I got rid of it.
It also makes me wonder if I need a program like this. I have a anti-virus,
a firewall and the usual anti-spyware programs.

I know what you mean.I use spywareblaster ,teatimer etc and did use avast
(im using nod32 now).Heres a log of what boclean stopped.
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08/09/2004 18:33:21: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\STB1120.TMP
Trojan horse was found in above file
QUICKBAR TROJAN STOPPED by BOCLEAN!
Above file copied to C:\evidence.boc for examination.
Active trojan horse was shut down. System now safe.
Trojan horse was removed, registry cleaned.

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08/09/2004 18:33:26: C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~1.DLL
Trojan horse was found in above file
NEWDOTNET2 TROJAN STOPPED by BOCLEAN!
Above file copied to C:\evidence.boc for examination.
Active trojan horse was shut down. System now safe.
Trojan horse was removed, registry cleaned.

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08/09/2004 18:33:32: BUNDLE TROJAN VARIANT STOPPED!
Trojan horse was found in memory.
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\BUNDLE.EXE contained the trojan.
Active trojan horse WAS shut down. System safe.

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08/09/2004 18:34:52: KEENVALUE TROJAN VARIANT STOPPED!
Trojan horse was found in memory.
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\UPDATER\WUPDATER.EXE contained the trojan.
Active trojan horse WAS shut down. System safe.

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08/09/2004 18:35:12: C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~1.DLL
Trojan horse was found in above file
NEWDOTNET2 TROJAN STOPPED by BOCLEAN!
Above file copied to C:\evidence.boc for examination.
Active trojan horse was shut down. System now safe.
Trojan horse was removed, registry cleaned.

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08/09/2004 18:37:33: EZULA/BOOT TROJAN STOPPED by BOCLEAN!
Trojan horse was found in memory.
C:\WINDOWS\ILOOKUP\TTIL.EXE contained the trojan.
Active trojan horse WAS shut down. System now safe.


It was supposed to be a moving desktop angel image.It contained about 4
pieces of malware.TDS3 did not detect it , but added it within 1
day.Trojanhunter took 3 days to add.Avast did not detect it.Maybe because
its adware/spyware the others had a point in not detecting it initially ,
howver boclean did and on numerous other occasions has been ahead of the
game in detection (imo).As you can see from the log and log times ,there
were about 4 pices of scumware trying to install in one go. Personally
unless you had a good av such as KAV or something on that level i would use
a good AT.
me

 

[Rod]

Snipped some

I know what you mean.I use spywareblaster ,teatimer etc and did use
avast (im using nod32 now).Heres a log of what boclean stopped.

It was supposed to be a moving desktop angel image.It contained about
4 pieces of malware.TDS3 did not detect it , but added it within 1
day.Trojanhunter took 3 days to add.Avast did not detect it.Maybe
because its adware/spyware the others had a point in not detecting it
initially , howver boclean did and on numerous other occasions has
been ahead of the game in detection (imo).As you can see from the log
and log times ,there were about 4 pices of scumware trying to install
in one go. Personally unless you had a good av such as KAV or
something on that level i would use a good AT.

Do you also use Spywareguard ?

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

And what browser were you using when downloading the 'dark angel'-software
? I mean, are you sure it was in the software, or might you have picked it
up browsing to the software ?
Ad-aware had no problem in the past dealing with newdot on my sytem.
OK, it didn't detected it on install, but it got rid of it.
I must say, since switching to a Gecko-based browser both Adaware and
Spybot haven't found anything on my system for several months now.
I still wonder why I should use an anti-trojan.

 

[bassbag]

Snipped some

Do you also use Spywareguard ?

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

And what browser were you using when downloading the 'dark angel'-software
? I mean, are you sure it was in the software, or might you have picked it
up browsing to the software ?
Ad-aware had no problem in the past dealing with newdot on my sytem.
OK, it didn't detected it on install, but it got rid of it.
I must say, since switching to a Gecko-based browser both Adaware and
Spybot haven't found anything on my system for several months now.
I still wonder why I should use an anti-trojan.

No I dont bother with spyware guard i think spywareblaster is enough really
with boclean and teatimer.I use myie and i purposly downloaded the angel
software.It infected the gfs pc so i downloaded it to see what was inside
it.After backing up i tested with tds3 and trojanhunter and avast neither
detected it.Online kav did by the way.I doubt whther any of the spyware
detectors would have detected it until it was installed which may have been
a bit late then.What suprised me with this executable is that it tried to
install about 4 malware at the same time ,which im sure would have left my
old 98 rather unstable to say the least.
me