In an effort to reduce the effect of viruses and malware/spyware on campus computers, we have compiled a list of programs that the ITS staff has found useful in combating the spyware threatthese security threats. |  | Lavasoft Ad-Aware (Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP): Ad-Aware Standard Edition is the award winning, free, multicomponent detection and removal utility that consistantly leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support, and reliability||||||
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 | ESET Online Scanner: ESET offers a great free virus/malware scanning tool that runs from the web. It is intended to be used to clean a computer, however does not replace a full antivirus software package. | download3001-8022_4-10045910.html?spi=7194bd51e42356f012f6f37fb5199364 |  | SpyBot-Search and Destroy (Suggested OS - Win98/Me/XP): SpyBot S&D can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. SpyBot is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something is hidden on your computer. (Not to be confused with the Spybot worm which is a harmful computer infection and needs to be removed.) ||||
 | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: Detect and quickly remove malicious threats to your computer. | downloadcom | com/3001-8022-10289035.html |  | SUPERAntispyware is one of the best and most thorough spyware scanners on the market. Removes some of the most difficult to remove infections. | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: Detect and quickly remove malicious threats to your computer. | CWShredder (Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP): A small and free utility for removing CoolWebSearch (also known as CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). More information on the CWS hijacker, including recent variants of it, can be found here. This tool will find and remove all traces of the CoolWebSearch hijacker on your system |
 | Kaspersky TDSSKiller Root Kit removal tool: Kaspersky Lab TDSSkiller is a tool designed to remove some of the worst threats, a root kit. It only looks at this specific type of threat, so it should be used to supplement other antivirus software. Download the EXE version here: http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/utility#TDSSKiller | ||||||
 | Spybot Search and Destroy: Spybot is a tool that is very good at cleaning malware and spyware threats from your computer. It is best used to supplement the other tools listed. | ||||||
 | AdwCleaner: AdwCleaner is an excellent tool for the removal of browser hijacks and other nuisance threats. It often finds threats that some of the other tools miss. Run this as a final pass, it will prompt you to reboot when it is done. | ||||||
 | RKill : RKill is a program that was developed at BleepingComputer.com that attempts to terminate known malware processes so that your normal security software can then run and clean your computer of infections. softpediableepingcomputer.com/download/ publiccat/1710-17-150.shtml | ||||||
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