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Anti-spyware

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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. We compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well-known Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware applications on the market today cannot.

spacer    Ad-Aware 2007  

This app is probably one of the most popular anti-spyware programs on the net. It offers excellent detection of all forms of adware and many other forms of spyware and malware as well.

spacer  Spybot Search & Destroy v1.5 

Another one of the best anti-spyware applications available. It detects many of the same types of malwares as Adaware does, and has some other nice features. Such as Tea Timer. This is a registry monitoring device, extremely helpful in these days of malwares dropping all sorts of nasties into the registry.

spacer spacer    SpywareBlaster v4.0  

SpywareBlaster prevents known ActiveX installs by setting kill bits into the registry. And many of the nastiest malwares get installed in this manner.

IE-SPYAD 

IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC.

To manage your Internet Explorer security zones I strongly recommend using ZonedOut v4.0.


Anti-virus

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Pro-active scanning with easy interface for novices. Free trial, then purchase.

spacer   avast anti virus

Free anti virus protection for the home user.

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Free anti virus protection for the home user.

spacer   Trojan Hunter

TrojanHunter searches for and removes trojans on your system. It uses powerful scanning techniques such as file, memory, registry, port and ini-file scanning to locate trojans on your system.


Firewalls

spacer McAfee anti virus & firewall

One of the finer av & firewall companies, purchase required.

spacer  Panda anti virus/firewall

Anti virus and firewall protection, and email, ad/mal/spyware. Purchase required. Excellent in catching hidden malware files.

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Fully functioning free firewall that protects against malware, intrusions and identity theft. Pro version available for purchase.

spacer   Zone Alarm Firewall

With the latest version, they have decided to include a toolbar which I don't feel is warranted. See a discussion about it and other vendors bundling software here. Thankfully there are still old versions of Zone Alarm available on sites such as Old Apps.com and Old Version.com.

Understanding and Using a Firewalls.

An excellent tutorial for firewalls, from Bleeping Computing

AV and Firewall Reviews, Testing & Information

spacer   VirusList.com

This site lists lots of information regarding the many aspects of anti-virus subjects. Alerts, analysis, news even a blog

spacer   AVTest.org

On this site you will find many av tests and reviews for the most popular applications available.

spacer  AuditMyPC Firewall Test

Along with other pc scanning\testing, this site also offers a firewall test as well.

FirewallGuide.com

This page gives you some options for testing, some pay for, some not.

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Since 1989, Virus Bulletin has been dedicated to providing PC users with a regular source of uninfluenced, unbiased, independent intelligence about computer viruses, their prevention, detection and removal, and how to recover programs and data following an attack.


Hosts file

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The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file before it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is it's ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, as long the entry exists.

You can use a HOSTS file to block ads, banners, cookies, web bugs, and even most hijackers. This is accomplished by blocking the Server that supplies these little gems. Example - the following entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net blocks all files supplied by the DoubleClick Server to the web page you are viewing. This also prevents the server from tracking your movements.

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hpHosts is a community managed and maintained hosts file that allows an additional layer of protection against access to ad, tracking and malicious websites.

To help manage host file updates, editing and create back ups, use HostsXpert v4.1


System Control

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Scotty the Windows Watch Dog sniffs out malicious "mysteryware" and parasites that may assault your computer. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your computer so you'll know what programs are and should be running at all times. With a one time, life time PLUS upgrade you get more options. See why it's worth the upgrade on this page

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A problem in the computer world that many users have is a slow startup. Everyone wants to know how to speed up their startup process. Of course, there are many solutions to this problem, however, Malwarebytes has created a safe, easy, and efficient way to eliminate these unnecessary applications that start when you turn on your computer - StartUpLite.

StartUpLite is a lightweight and simple to use application that allows you to speed up your system startup, safely and efficiently. The program allows you to disable or remove unnecessary startup entries from your computer. By using StartUpLite, you can dramatically help shorten your startup time with only a few clicks of the mouse.

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