I use all of these.
1) CWShredder ver. 1.59 direct download:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
1a) CWShredder ver. 2.0 direct download:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
2) SpywareBlaster
[[SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from
ever being installed.
The most important step you can take is to secure your system. And
SpywareBlaster is the most powerful protection program available.]]
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
3) Spybot S & D (More for the advanced user)
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
4) HijackThis (More for the advanced user)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
4a) HijackThis (direct download)
http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip
5) Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit
6) ToolbarCop
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm
7) Ad-aware SE Personal
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
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McAfee AVERT Stinger
[[Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific
viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a
tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected
system.]]
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
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I have Disk Cleaner set to run quiet at startup. Runs for 10 seconds or so
and exits. I also like the fact that, after you set it up, it cleans all
the following with one click (and/or automatically at boot). Makes XP's
Disk Cleanup look like a piker. XP's Disk Cleanup will *not* clean
Content.IE5.
Disk Cleaner will Clean:
Temporary Internet Files {Including the contents of the Content.IE5 folder}
Internet Cookies
Internet History
System Temporary Folder
Recent Documents
Run... Dialog List
Find Document List
Find Computer List
URLs in IE Address Bar
URLs in Shell Address Bar
Media Player Recent URLs
WinZip Recent Files
WinZip Extract To Folders
Paint Recent Files
WordPad Recent Files
Cleans Recycle Bin (what else?)
Opera Cache
Opera Cookies
Opera History
Opera Visited links
Opera Download History and Download folder
Firefox Cache
Firefox Cookies
Firefox History
Disk Cleaner
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/
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Startuplist 1.52.1
[[The newest version of the efficient and effective program by Merijn that
lists all and every autostarting app on your system. Checks Autostart
folders, the Registry Run keys, Autoexec.bat, Stub Paths, ICQ Agent, Program
extensions, Win.ini, System.ini, Wininit.ini, Wininit.bak, Winstart.bat,
Dosstart.bat, as well as checking for duplicate instances of Explorer.exe
and checking for superhidden extensions.
Recommended for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP.]]
http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/
Direct download of Startuplist 1.52.1
http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/startuplist1521.zip
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Get Your AVG 7 for free!
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Karl said:
Hi,
I have seen lots of posts concerning viruses, spyware, malware, etc
and suggestions for various utilities and software to detect,
protect, and repair these various invaders.
I am interested in making a cd rom that has a suite of the different
(free) software for antivirus, spyware, hijackers, etc that I could
take with me to work on other folks' machines. What would be the
recommendation from the group for what I should include on the cd
that would cover most of the common invasions? I know Spybot S&D, Ad
Aware, CW Shredder, and maybe AVG will be on the list.
My idea is that if someone calls and says "my computer is acting
weird", I could go over and run the various tools and hopefully
detect the problem.
Any help appreciated and hope this post made sense
K
