Category: Security

Symantec Security Check tests your computer’s exposure to a wide range of online threats. It’s free and an effective tool that helps determine your Internet security needs. Symantec Security Check checks your system for hacker exposure check, windows vulnerability check, trojan horse check, antivirus product check and virus protection update check.

The popular Russian anti-virus software vendor, Kaspersky, offers Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 2010 for free personal use. It is is a utility designed to remove all types of threats from infected computer systems. It uses the same detection algorithms and virus definitions as realized in the commercial Kaspersky anti-virus software.

It is always a good idea to scan your files (especially the downloaded files over the internet and the USB sticks your friends bring) with more than one antivirus software products. Even if you have one resident antivirus program installed on your computer, you can still add Emsisoft Commandline Scanner to the right-click context menu to give you the option to scan with it.

These days computer viruses are spreading mainly through two mediums – the internet (web pages, emails and infected software etc.) and the USB sticks. USB sticks can carry autorun viruses which execute as soon as you insert the USB stick. The infamous Conficker worm, first found in 2009, spreads both through the internet and the USB stick. But do not worry, now you can automatically scan and remove all viruses on a USB stick as soon as it is inserted in your computer.

If your computer is infected with trojans, viruses and malware, and is not able to boot, then you can repair it using the Avira AntiVir Rescue System. Avira AntiVir Rescue System is a free Linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore.

These days you can easily get infected with malware and viruses, if you use the internet. If your computer is also infected with malware and viruses, then you can get rid of them using the Dr.WEB CureIt!. Dr.WEB CureIt! is an antivirus and anti-spyware scanning tool that is developed on the Dr.WEB engine which will help you quickly scan and cure, if necessary, a computer without installation of the Dr.WEB Anti-virus.

Everyone has some secret documents. Some have secret emails or pictures, while others keep some passwords stored in files on their hard disk. But this poses another risk – what if a hacker breaks into your computer and steals your secret documents? You can use freeware Sophos Free Encryption Tool for easily encrypting your documents.

If your computer is infected with malware and viruses, and either you do not have an anti-virus solution installed or your current anti-virus solution is not able to clean the computer fully, then you should give VIPRE Rescue a try. The VIPRE Rescue Program is a command-line utility that will scan and clean an infected computer that is so infected that programs cannot be easily run.

If your computer is infected so bad with malware and viruses, that it cannot even start properly, then you should give F-Secure Rescue CD a try. The F-Secure Rescue CD is a free CD ISO image available from the makers of F-Secure antivirus and contains Knoppix (a derivative of Linux), an operating system that runs completely from the CD and allows access to your computer’s Windows operating system and hard disks.

If you have been a victim of crimeware then you might want to scan your computer with Norton Power Eraser. Norton Power Eraser targets and eliminates viruses that regular virus scan cannot detect. Norton Power Eraser uses aggressive methods to detect these threats, there is a risk that it can select some legitimate programs for removal.