can anyone tell me of a program that can scan for and remove multiple types of malware; that is viruses, spyware, adware, worms, rootkits and/or trojans?
doing one type after another scan is time/ resource consuming, it would be nice to do most or all the scans all at once with one program/tool.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Jason // Apr 22, 2008
Hitman Pro can do it. It basically installs all the required programs and manages them on its on, basically acting like one big program.
2 n1h0k3r // Apr 22, 2008
if you want to pay for it, then get norton. otherwise there are plenty of good freeware ones.
3 somerandomdude // Apr 22, 2008
http://free.grisoft.com/
AVG is pretty good. They have free and pay programs.
4 michael D // Apr 22, 2008
there isint because there are 100000+ different varients of spyware and a 100s being added everyday.
1. Download and run firefox to protect your from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through Internet Explorer IE!! (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/05/spyware-fighter-essentials.html
2. Run the vundo and combo fix http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/05/vundofix-and-combo-fix.html
3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2008/03/malwarebytes-anti-malware-105.html
4. Run the anti spyware remove programs spybot http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/03/spybot-search-and-destroy-spyware-and.html and superantispyware http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/04/superantispyware-home-edition-free.html to get rid of the nasties
5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
http://www.freedrweb.com/
5 vox_atrophia // Apr 22, 2008
BOClean is pretty much what you're asking for. It pretty much handles all malware. It's from a reputable company. And it's free.
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html
It does real-time protection, which means it will check all your files as you use them, but it could potentially slow down your computer.
6 Ryan x // Apr 22, 2008
All in one or AIO's for short All in one suites are nice , and most of the time good at something but not everything.
straight from: PC World magazine
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125817-page,1-c,firewalls/article.html
there you will find some AIO reviews
7 kerry j // Apr 22, 2008
You should use a quality antivirus (if you must use a free one, AVG is reasonable ).
Spybot 1.5 is a good anti spyware/malware program as is Adware (whatever the latest version is)
You should always make sure that hey are all updated to the latest version, It is neccessary to have ONLY one antivirus program - but it is advisable to use MORE than one anti spyware utility on regular basis
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