Online Tools to keep your Computer Clean
All of us who spend a great deal of our time online need to double check that our protection is up to snuff. I don’t depend on my installed AntiVirus program, and neither should you, since the first thing a trojan will do is shut it off. I make a point of running an online scan once a week, and varying the site I do it at. I also run an anti trojan/malware scan once a week, as well as a rootkit scan.
Here are some of the ones I use. Some of them require you use IE with activeX for the scan.
- A-Squared Online Trojan/Malware Scan
- Sophos Anti-Rootkit Scan
- Kaspersky Online Virus Scan
- Computer Associates Online Virus Scan
- Panda Online Virus Scan
- Ewido Online Malware Scan
Technorati Tags: AV, Trojan, Security
December 6th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Thanks for reminding again!
January 29th, 2008 at 6:24 am
The Google Pack also has some very good free tools to keep your computer clean:
http://pack.google.com/
January 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Um, NO ONE wants Norton, which is included in that pack.
http://www.webproworld.com/discussion-forum/60302-norton-anti-virus-supposed-slow-you-down.html
And I find it ironic in the extreme that free software from GOOGLE contains spyware software. I wouldn’t doubt if this version of Spyware Doctor has been “doctored” so that the spyware Google inserts doesn’t trip the filter. And geez, RealPlayer too? This “google pack” looks like a roundup of the most invasive software on the planet.