AntiSpyware

Advanced Spyware Fighting Techniques

December 31, 2008

This is a short late night post that will be expanded into a more comprehensive paper, however, due to the extremely nasty nature of some of the viruses in the wild today I wanted to give a quick intro on how to clean an infected PC. 1. Boot to safe mode, then open msconfig (via [...]

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New AntiSpyware Recommendations

September 16, 2008

I’ve added some new tools to the arsenal and I wanted to give you a brief intro. 1. Anti-Malware Toolkit – This tool is primarily for IT professionals. It is not a antispyware cleaner itself rather it is a wonderful downloader that helps you maintain a “kit” of the most up-to-date tools available. Anti-Malware Toolkit [...]

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HP Ships USB sticks with Malware

May 8, 2008

ZDNet News | HP Ships USB sticks with Malware | Apr 9 2008 | link Hewlett-Packard has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system. The worms contained on the 256KB and 1GB USB drives have been identified [...]

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Logical Licensing by Sunbelt Software

March 14, 2008

Ok I’m not the biggest fan of Sunbelt Software. (The last time I tested CounterSpy it was a severe resource hog and brought the test PC to a crawl. Yes I could modify the app footprint and it was 2 years ago but impressions last a long time.) Never the less I must give Sunbelt [...]

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New Spyware Recommendations

March 14, 2008

Introducing Advanced Spyware Removal (Free) and Spyware Terminator As my regular readers may know I dumped Lavasoft’s Adaware about 4 months ago as my preferred spyware fighter (article) I’m currently a big fan of PCtool’s Spyware Doctor (free edition via Google Apps) but I’m always on the hunt for free companions. I’ve lately been introduced [...]

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It’s so hard to say Goodbye…. Lavasoft

December 1, 2007

I wish I knew how long Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware mainstays of my toolkit and recommendation list. But sometimes people just grow apart, it’s not you, it’s me, scratch that-it’s you. I hate the new version of Ad-Aware. I honestly tried to like it. The UI is perty (not a typo) but everything else is WORSE. First [...]

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New AntiSpyware Recommendation

December 1, 2007

Spyware Doctor by PC Tools I know what you are thinking… PC Tools? Are you kidding me? I’ve never used one of their products and since they sound like a mom-n-pop shop software company I don’t intend to now. Yeah, I know. I thought the same thing a few months ago. I first heard of [...]

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