Silent Sword is a new antimalware Utility that uses a completely new approach to solve the malware problem. Basically it keeps a database of known good software and disables anything it either doesn't recognize or anything that is already known bad software. Check it out: www.silent-sword.com
Also there are two freebies, one called Freescan just shows whats running and can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.silent-sword.com/pub/releases/FreeScan.exe
The other is called Switchblade and is a utility for the more advanced user which allows for actual editing of the startup stuff and can be found here:
ftp://ftp.silent-sword.com/pub/releases/swblade.exe
Also there are two freebies, one called Freescan just shows whats running and can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.silent-sword.com/pub/releases/FreeScan.exe
The other is called Switchblade and is a utility for the more advanced user which allows for actual editing of the startup stuff and can be found here:
ftp://ftp.silent-sword.com/pub/releases/swblade.exe