Collected Links : Anti-Virus/Spyware/Dialer etc.

Denniss · Last edited by Denniss on Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:51 pm; edited 15 times in total

There are some very dangerous Viruses spreading out in the net (Bugbear / Sobig / W32Blast + variants and more) often using known Security leaks/issues within IE/Outlook or Windows
Please use Windowsupdate to get the most recent Security fixes for Windoze/IE/Outlook !
Use Auto/Liveupdate to update your Antivirusprogram/Firewall with the latest Patches/Upgrades/Virus Signature(Pattern) files !
->> Please do this frequently 1x/week !!!
On infected systems it's possible Firewalls/Antivirusprograms are prevented from running or re-installing - some Viruses/Worms recognize and disable or bypass them !

Recently discovered Virus Threats + Virus Info:
Symantec - Bitdefender - Mcafee/Network Associates - Trendmicro - Panda

Antivirus-software (Scanner + Removal tools + Signature/Pattern files) :

Online Virusscanner :
Trendmicro - Panda
Free Virusscaner (free for personal use only) :
Antivir Personal Edition - Bitdefender - Avast - AVG - Panda for Linux
Virus Removal Tools :
Symantec - Bitdefender - Mcafee/Network Associates - Panda
Trendmicro Cleaner + Pattern files needed
Rescue Disk Creator :
Trendmicro Rescue Disk Builder
Virus Pattern files for manual download - often more recent than automatic update
Symantec - Trendmicro

Spyware/Adware/Malware/Dialer Removal :

Spybot Search&Destroy ->> Spybot FAQ
- Usually the the best program against these types of Software
Ad-Aware 6 ->> Ad-Aware FAQ
- Good but not as good as Spybot is
Spywareblaster
- prevents Spyware from installing
Mailwasher
Delete SPAM-Mails directly from your mailserver - no need to download them

Alternative/Secure Internet-Browsers :
Opera - Mozilla
Mozilla Firebird - Mozilla Stand-Alone Browser
Mozilla Thunderbird - Mozilla Stand-Alone Mail

Firewalls (free for private use) :
Kerio - [URL=http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp;jsessionid=11xcW0lJ68ipbaSYftxWntdVKIcKnjMOdwmkcHmU8Thlk1S6GlPz!-1099138206!-1062696905!7551!7552!1284415661!-1062696903!7551!7552] Zonealarm [/URL] - Outpost

Denniss · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:55 am Post subject:

Links to recently discovered Virus Threats added

Denniss · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:43 am Post subject:

Links added + a little re-design

Denniss · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:29 am Post subject:

Panda Antivirus added
Some Links renewed
Spybot/Ad-Aware FAQ added

Denniss · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:46 pm Post subject:

Updates :

AVG/Avast Antivirus
Spywareblaster

Denniss · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:06 pm Post subject:

Updates :

Mailwasher
Browsers
Firewall

Denniss · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject:

Updates :

some Links fixed
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