List your favorite malware adware removal programs

[John Connor]

I'll start:

Malwarebytes

Spybot search & Destroy

Avira Rescue CD

Hijackthis

 

[mikeymikec]

I haven't really tried S&D since 1.6.2. It seemed to me that Malwarebytes is more effective on >XP systems. I had a quick look at the new version of S&D, but I can't remember what it was that put me off.

If we're talking about for personal use, I would strongly suggest working on the reasons why one's computer is being infected with malware of whichever type (adware, etc). Prevention is better than cure.

 

[chin311]

TDSSKiller

Combofix

Hitman Pro

rkill

MBAM of course

I'm sure theres others!

 

[MontyAC]

I use Malwarbytes, SuperAntiSpyware, TDSSKiller.

 

[John Connor]

Thanks for replying I thought no one cared.

 

[smakme7757]

I used to use SAS but it kept flagging my Visual Studio projects for removal. So I've gone completely off it.



And no, I'm not developing viri .



MBAM

Kaspersky rescue disk

Rkill



That's about it.

 

[bruceb]

Malwarebytes is #1 ... HiJack This is good for #2 .. I have SpybotSD & Spyware Blaster but I do not consider them as malware removal tools. More as malware preventers. Another good one is ToolBar Cop for getting rid of hard to remove browser toolbars. Along with a version of Autoruns to stop things on system start up.

 

[John Connor]

Along with a version of Autoruns to stop things on system start up.

There is a great little program called Startup CPL that installs into the control panel that can handle that. Ccleaner has the option too.

 

[bruceb]

Yes, CCleaner does have that feature (I forgot about it and I have that program as well)

 

[blankslate]

The anti-malware software I use has been mentioned

Except for Spyware Blaster which really is a program that protects against browser exploits without having to be running in the background.

http://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpywareBlaster

It's another layer of protection and as mentioned it doesn't have to run after you download the updates and enable protection against any new browser attacking malware.

 

[John Connor]

Since I block ActiveX in the router using DD-WRT I don't have to worry about that type of infection.

 

[blankslate]

Since I block ActiveX in the router using DD-WRT I don't have to worry about that type of infection.

Good on you. Just another, tool someone else may get use out of it.

 

[John Connor]

I'm not for certain, but if you also use Firefox and I think Chrome or Opera those browsers do not allow ActiveX.

 

[blankslate]

Yeah, it's probably a safe bet that almost everyone who reads the software thread does use something other than I.E. for browsing but on occasion (not so much recently but...) in the past I've found that odd website that plays nicer with I.E.

As stated since you don't need to keep it running in the background updating Spywareblaster once a week or so isn't that much trouble for a bit of extra protection

 

[xgsound]

There is a great little program called Startup CPL that installs into the control panel that can handle that. Ccleaner has the option too.

That Startup CPL has been a very helpful program for me. I use the .exe version from Mike Lin. About 20% of the time fixing the relatives machines it allows me to disable the main culprit with one untick. The group has the rest covered.

Jim

 

[MustISO]

Kaspersky Rescue CD for active infections
Malwarebytes
TDSSKiller
RKill
Bitdefender Rescue disk

 

[balloonshark]

The best malware removal tool is a recent clean image restore!

 

[GreatorGood]

CCleaner , Malewarebytes , there are a few more just can not come to think of them right now.

 

[Savatar]

Nobody mentioned Emsisoft Anti-Malware? It has phenomenally good detection rates (it uses two detection engines, one of which is [currently] BitDefender's). That, and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM), are my favorites.

CCleaner isn't really a malware/adware scanner, but I use it to clean up temp files, too.

The best malware removal tool is a recent clean image restore!

lol, yes... I used to use PING for this (PartImage is Not Ghost), but since UEFI came around they were slow to implement if (not sure if they ever did), so now I just use CloneZilla. This will also get rid of pesky boot-sector stuff. I _always_ do a clean install or restore after a malware detection, just to be safe... but it's still fun to try to clean it yourself and understand what it's doing. (I only got infected once in my whole life that I know of, I'm still not entirely sure how, but I think it was a Silverlight vulnerability since that's the only plug-in I think I was using).

 

[John Connor]

I got a virus once a loooong time ago and stopped it in it's tracks, isolated it and removed it. Not sure what I was doing, but I'm a lot more knowledgeable on using safer Internet practices.

 

[compman25]

Along with the common ones already mentioned I use RogueKiller