Spyware, Virus Protection, etc... Tools and Prevention Resources

• [X]  a-squared - Remove infections of Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Dialers and other malicious programs.
• [X]  About:Buster 4.0
• [X]  Ad-Aware 2007 Free
• [X]  Anti Rootkit Software, News, Articles and Forums
• [X]  avast! Virus Cleaner is available free for every user. This tool will help you remove selected worm infections from your computer.
• [X]  AVG Anti-Rootkit Free
• [X]  AVG Anti-Spyware Free
• [X]  AVG Free for Windows is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by Grisoft for home use.
• [X]  Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
• [X]  Browsing the Web and Reading E-mail Safely as an Administrator.
• [X]  ComboFix scans your computer for known malware, and when found, attempts to clean these infections automatically.
• [X]  Comodo AntiVirus - free to both home and business users
• [X]  Comodo BackUp - Free Software - Automatic file backup and recovery for Windows XP and Windows 2000
• [X]  Comodo BOClean : Anti-Malware
• [X]  Comodo Free Firewall - PC Magazine Online's Editor's Choice
• [X]  Critical Update! Free Tool to Remove the CoolWebSearch Trojan Keylogger! (8/11/2005)
• [X]  CWShredder - defense against the new Cool Web Search variants
• [X]  DropMyRights - Though other apps provide more-expansive security, DropMyRights gives you simple yet effective protection against malware by limiting user rights-and it works with any program.
• [X]  ewido anti-spyware Free is a free anti-spyware protection tool.
• [X]  F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination
• [X]  FileAdvisor | The Best Search Engine for Identifying Software Files - Bit9
• [X]  GMer - Remove rootkits with this full-featured utility from Poland.
• [X]  GRC's Ultra High Security Password Generator
• [X]  HijackThis Quick Start - Help with Spyware You Simply Can't Remove
• [X]  Hook Explorer - Identify rootkits hooked into your system.
• [X]  Housecall - Free Online Malware Scan (requires Internet Explorer 4 or above)
• [X]  How To Get Off An Email Blacklist
• [X]  IceSword - Makers of rootkits?malware that can be particularly well hidden?consider IceSword the toughest rootkit scanner.
• [X]  Living Life Without Spyware
• [X]  Malicious Software Removal Tool from Microsoft
• [X]  McAfee AVERT Stinger - a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses.
• [X]  McAfee Rootkit Detective 1.0
• [X]  McAfee SiteAdvisor - Protection from Adware, Spam, Viruses, Online Scams
• [X]  Microsoft Antispyware
• [X]  Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar
• [X]  Network Traffic Monitor shows you which processes in your machine are causing TCP/IP network traffic, how much traffic that is, and over which IP ports this traffic takes place.
• [X]  OpenDNS - Providing A Safer And Faster DNS
• [X]  Opt-Out of online databases the easy way.
• [X]  Personal Firewall Software for Free from Comodo
• [X]  PREVX prevents attacks on your computers that other security products don't even see.
• [X]  Real-time Spam Black Lists
• [X]  RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities.
• [X]  Rootkit Detection and Removal
• [X]  RootkitRevealer is an advanced root kit detection utility.
• [X]  Script Sentry - prevents against malicious scripts hidden in ShellScrap (hidden SHS and SHB extensions) files, Word/Excel macro viruses, malicious HTA files, and accidentally run REG files.
• [X]  Secunia Software Inspector
• [X]  Seven Steps to System Security - 2005
• [X]  Shavlik NetChk - automates the management of critical security patches and spyware from one easy-to-use console. Free for first year.
• [X]  Shavlik NetChk Tutorial by Brian Livingston
• [X]  Sony: No More Rootkit - For Now - how to manually remove the Sony rootkit
• [X]  Sophos Anti-Rootkit - Remove dangerous rootkits from your system with this simple freebie.
• [X]  Spybot S&D
• [X]  Spyware Terminator - Spyware & Adware Real-time protection
• [X]  Spywareblaster
• [X]  SSA-KeyLogger Clean
• [X]  Startup Control Panel
• [X]  StartupMonitor
• [X]  Step-by-Step visual guides for Cleaning and Preventing Malware for those new to Online Security.
• [X]  StopBadware.org - Safer Searching - Regaining Control of Our Computers
• [X]  The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.
• [X]  Two Ways To Surf More Securely
• [X]  Virustotal offers a free service for scanning suspicious files using several antivirus engines.
• [X]  Windows Live Safety Center: Free online scanner for PC health and safety
• [X]  WinPatrol sniffs out malicious "mysteryware" and parasites that may assault your computer.