James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
The recent attention to botnets (eg on /.) makes me wonder what kind of
detection tools there are and how good they are.
I see the link from today's /. blurb talks about Microsoft's "malicious
software detection tool". Searching on that phrase does lead something
called "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool", which is
easy to find and downloadable (although I haven't tried it).
Does anyone have any experience with this or other such tools? Is it
(are they) any good?
There seems to be an update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool on
most every XP update. But I've never explicitly used it. Actually, I've
never even looked for it. I just always assumed it ran on start up in a
fashion similar to other similar anti-malware tools.
Obviously, I don't use Windows much (mostly for games).
Links to related tools and techniques are invited. We all probably know
someone with an MSbox. I kinda like to know what to recommend to friends
and relatives along these lines. Well, of course I mean the inferior
strategies available after "install Linux" :-).
Regards,
..jim
Here's where I start:
_Useful Documentation:_
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/
_Applications:_
Zone Alarm
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp
Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
AVG
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/products.html
Hijackthis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php
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~DJA.
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