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

by **Denniss** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:11 am

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 - Zonealarm - Outpost

by **Denniss** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:55 pm

Links to recently discovered Virus Threats added

by **Denniss** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:43 am

Links added + a little re-design

by **Denniss** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:29 pm

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

by **Denniss** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:46 pm

Updates :

AVG/Avast Antivirus
Spywareblaster

by **Denniss** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:06 pm

Updates :

Mailwasher
Browsers
Firewall

by **Denniss** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:53 pm

Updates :

some Links fixed