01-03-2011, 02:09 PM
Many people download files on a daily basis. We must ensure the files we downloaded is safe and not malicious in any form that might expose confidential information or cause damages to our computers. We should take the following information to be safe.
Online File Scanners: (Multiple Anti-virus)
VirusTotal - 40 A/V scanners. Maximum file size: 20MB
VirSCAN - 36 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
NoVirusThanks - 24 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
Jotti's malware scan - 19 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
VirusChief - 13 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Filterbit - 8 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
Gary's Hood: - 5 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Allthreats - 3 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Online Single File Scanner
Dr.Web Virus Scan - Unknown File Size
avast! Online Scanner - Maximum file size: 16MB
Kaspersky File Scanner - Maximum file size: 1MB
FortiGuard - Must register to be a client. Maximum file size: 1MB
ArcaVir - Unknown file size. Result by Email
Online Sandbox:
Sunbelt CWSandbox - Maximum file size: 112288KB. Results by email
Anubis: Analyzing Unknown Binaries - Maximum file size: 8MB. The file must be a Windows executable.
Wepawet (alpha) - Detecting and analyzing web-based malware. It currently handles Flash, JavaScript, and PDF files.
ThreatExpert File Scanner CWSandbox - Maximum file size: 5MBl
Sunbelt CWSandbox - The file must be a Windows executable.
Norman Sandboxb] - Results by email
Xandora File Analyzer - Maximum file size: 5MB. Results by email
viCHECK.ca - Malware Analysis. Maximum file size: 10MB. Results by email
Joebox - Malware Runtime Analysis System. Maximum file size: 12MB. Results by email
Credits for scanners to: http://realsecurity.web.officelive.com/f...nners.aspx
How to be Protected:
1. Sandboxie & Virtualbox - runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.
2. KeyScrambler - Anti-Keylogging program. Protects your Windows Logon and keystrokes in over 160 browsers and applications in information-sensitive areas.
3. Anti-virus programs - Must have an up to date virus definition to ensure better detection. An examples would be AVG Antivirus, Kaspersky Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus, Eset Antivirus, Bitdefender Antivirus, Trend Micro Antivirus, Avira Antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials
4. Anti-malware & Spyware - Must have an up to date vmalware and spyware definition to ensure better detection. An examples are Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Spybot - Search & Destroy, SUPERAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, Spyware Terminator
5. Firewall - block viruses, malware, and hackers from entering into your computer. An example is Comodo Firewall
6. HijackThis & OTL- generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer. If you become infected, you should post a HijackThis or OTL result Virus Removal, Hijack This Logs, and Support which is a Subsection of the Virus Protection, Removals, and HJT Team where HJT Team will help to analyze and remove the infection.
7. RUBotted & Norton AntiBot - monitors your computer for potential infection and suspicious activities associated with bots.
8. Anti-Rootkit - can lie hidden on computers and remain undetected by anti-virus software. An examples are McAfee Rootkit Detective, Panda Anti-Rootkit, Sophos Anti-Rootkit , Trend Micro RootkitBuster
9. CWShredder - removes these browser hijackers and redirection to other websites.
10. File Shredder - remove files from your hard drive without fear they could be recovered. An examples are File Shredder, File Shredder 2, AbsoluteShield File Shredder, Simple File Shredder 3.2
Note: Only One Anti-virus, firewall, and virtual environment should be installed on your computer. Having more than one of these can cause conflict and your computer might be thrown into chaos. Having more than one Anti-malware or spyware software is alright. Only one of these Anti-malware or spyware software can run alongside an Anti-virus. There are suite that offers bundle features that includes all of these in one single package.
Virus Removal Tools:
1. Norton Power Eraser - Eliminates deeply embedded and difficult to remove crimeware that traditional virus scanning doesn't always detect.
2. McAfee Labs Stinger - Stinger is a standalone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses.
3. Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool - This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.
4. F-Secure Virus Removal Tools - Provides Health Check, Easy Clean, Online Virus Scanner, and Blacklight.
5. Symantec Removal Tools - Symantec Security Response has developed tools to automatically conduct what would often amount to extensive and tedious manual removal tasks.
6. AVG Removal Tools - Remove popular viruses and infections from your PC.
7. Kaspersky Removal Tools - Free tools developed by Kaspersky Lab for fighting some of the more popular viruses.
8. McAfee Klez Removal Tool - Detect and remove any variation of the Klez virus from your computer.
9. McAfee Bugbear Removal Tool - Detect and remove any variation of the Bugbear virus from your computer.
10. Bitdefender Removal Tool - Tools to remove virus.
11. ESET Removal Tool - ESET provides antivirus software and spyware and malware removal tools as a public service to non-ESET customers whose systems may already be compromised.
Bootable Anti-virus Rescue Disks:
1. Avg Rescue CD - The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash drive to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection. In short, the AVG Rescue CD enables you to fully remove infections from an otherwise inoperable PC and render the system bootable again.
2. Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 - Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 is designed to scan and disinfect x86 and x64-compatible computers that have been infected. Contains anti-virus applications or malware removal utilities (such as Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool) running under the operating system.
3. Avira AntiVir Rescue System - Avira AntiVir Rescue System a linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to repair a damaged system, to rescue data or to scan the system for virus infections.
4. Avira AntiVir Rescue System - BitDefender Rescue CD gets high marks for containing several useful apps, including ChkRootkit to scan for rootkits and Mozilla Firefox in the event you need to browse to a website to download additional software or get online support.
5. F-Secure Rescue CD - F-Secure Rescue CD to securely boot up the computer and check the programs installed. The Rescue CD can also be used for more advanced repair and data recovery operations.
6. Trinity Rescue Kit - perform maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning
7. Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility - SARDU (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) is a free software application that can produce a CD / DVD or a USB device with multi-boot support.
8. Panda SafeCD 4.4.3.0 - Useful utility comes in handy when you need to clean a friend's PC (or your own) from a malware infested state. It is specially useful for detecting and disinfecting malware infections which give regular AV products running within Windows a hard time.
9. Dr.Web® LiveCD - Dr.Web LiveCD will clean your computer of infected and suspicious files, help you copy important information to a removable data storage device or another computer, and then attempt to cure infected objects.
10. Vba32 Rescue - Allows user to recover OS operation after malware threat. It is able to cure malwares on user’s computer with maximum effect. In addition, the product allows you to copy important files in critical situation.
In case of infection:
1. You should unplug your internet or disconnect your Ethernet cable or wireless internet connection to stop communication with a hacker.
2. Do a Virus, Malware, and Spyware scan. Please do one at a time. (Using difference malware/spyware scanner may give a slight different result in findings and scanning in safe mode would provide a better results).
3. Remove all infections. (a reboot might be required.)
4. If rebooted or not, conduct another scan to make sure all infections are eradicated and no traces left behind.
5. Do a or OTL to analyze for any weird registry that still might be infected.
Bookmark it for future reference.
Brought to you by Death Trap™. Be safe.
Online File Scanners: (Multiple Anti-virus)
VirusTotal - 40 A/V scanners. Maximum file size: 20MB
VirSCAN - 36 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
NoVirusThanks - 24 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
Jotti's malware scan - 19 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
VirusChief - 13 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Filterbit - 8 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 20MB
Gary's Hood: - 5 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Allthreats - 3 A/V engines. Maximum file size: 10MB
Online Single File Scanner
Dr.Web Virus Scan - Unknown File Size
avast! Online Scanner - Maximum file size: 16MB
Kaspersky File Scanner - Maximum file size: 1MB
FortiGuard - Must register to be a client. Maximum file size: 1MB
ArcaVir - Unknown file size. Result by Email
Online Sandbox:
Sunbelt CWSandbox - Maximum file size: 112288KB. Results by email
Anubis: Analyzing Unknown Binaries - Maximum file size: 8MB. The file must be a Windows executable.
Wepawet (alpha) - Detecting and analyzing web-based malware. It currently handles Flash, JavaScript, and PDF files.
ThreatExpert File Scanner CWSandbox - Maximum file size: 5MBl
Sunbelt CWSandbox - The file must be a Windows executable.
Norman Sandboxb] - Results by email
Xandora File Analyzer - Maximum file size: 5MB. Results by email
viCHECK.ca - Malware Analysis. Maximum file size: 10MB. Results by email
Joebox - Malware Runtime Analysis System. Maximum file size: 12MB. Results by email
Credits for scanners to: http://realsecurity.web.officelive.com/f...nners.aspx
How to be Protected:
1. Sandboxie & Virtualbox - runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.
2. KeyScrambler - Anti-Keylogging program. Protects your Windows Logon and keystrokes in over 160 browsers and applications in information-sensitive areas.
3. Anti-virus programs - Must have an up to date virus definition to ensure better detection. An examples would be AVG Antivirus, Kaspersky Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus, Eset Antivirus, Bitdefender Antivirus, Trend Micro Antivirus, Avira Antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials
4. Anti-malware & Spyware - Must have an up to date vmalware and spyware definition to ensure better detection. An examples are Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Spybot - Search & Destroy, SUPERAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, Spyware Terminator
5. Firewall - block viruses, malware, and hackers from entering into your computer. An example is Comodo Firewall
6. HijackThis & OTL- generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer. If you become infected, you should post a HijackThis or OTL result Virus Removal, Hijack This Logs, and Support which is a Subsection of the Virus Protection, Removals, and HJT Team where HJT Team will help to analyze and remove the infection.
7. RUBotted & Norton AntiBot - monitors your computer for potential infection and suspicious activities associated with bots.
8. Anti-Rootkit - can lie hidden on computers and remain undetected by anti-virus software. An examples are McAfee Rootkit Detective, Panda Anti-Rootkit, Sophos Anti-Rootkit , Trend Micro RootkitBuster
9. CWShredder - removes these browser hijackers and redirection to other websites.
10. File Shredder - remove files from your hard drive without fear they could be recovered. An examples are File Shredder, File Shredder 2, AbsoluteShield File Shredder, Simple File Shredder 3.2
Note: Only One Anti-virus, firewall, and virtual environment should be installed on your computer. Having more than one of these can cause conflict and your computer might be thrown into chaos. Having more than one Anti-malware or spyware software is alright. Only one of these Anti-malware or spyware software can run alongside an Anti-virus. There are suite that offers bundle features that includes all of these in one single package.
Virus Removal Tools:
1. Norton Power Eraser - Eliminates deeply embedded and difficult to remove crimeware that traditional virus scanning doesn't always detect.
2. McAfee Labs Stinger - Stinger is a standalone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses.
3. Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool - This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.
4. F-Secure Virus Removal Tools - Provides Health Check, Easy Clean, Online Virus Scanner, and Blacklight.
5. Symantec Removal Tools - Symantec Security Response has developed tools to automatically conduct what would often amount to extensive and tedious manual removal tasks.
6. AVG Removal Tools - Remove popular viruses and infections from your PC.
7. Kaspersky Removal Tools - Free tools developed by Kaspersky Lab for fighting some of the more popular viruses.
8. McAfee Klez Removal Tool - Detect and remove any variation of the Klez virus from your computer.
9. McAfee Bugbear Removal Tool - Detect and remove any variation of the Bugbear virus from your computer.
10. Bitdefender Removal Tool - Tools to remove virus.
11. ESET Removal Tool - ESET provides antivirus software and spyware and malware removal tools as a public service to non-ESET customers whose systems may already be compromised.
Bootable Anti-virus Rescue Disks:
1. Avg Rescue CD - The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash drive to recover your computer when the system cannot be loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection. In short, the AVG Rescue CD enables you to fully remove infections from an otherwise inoperable PC and render the system bootable again.
2. Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 - Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 is designed to scan and disinfect x86 and x64-compatible computers that have been infected. Contains anti-virus applications or malware removal utilities (such as Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool) running under the operating system.
3. Avira AntiVir Rescue System - Avira AntiVir Rescue System a linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to repair a damaged system, to rescue data or to scan the system for virus infections.
4. Avira AntiVir Rescue System - BitDefender Rescue CD gets high marks for containing several useful apps, including ChkRootkit to scan for rootkits and Mozilla Firefox in the event you need to browse to a website to download additional software or get online support.
5. F-Secure Rescue CD - F-Secure Rescue CD to securely boot up the computer and check the programs installed. The Rescue CD can also be used for more advanced repair and data recovery operations.
6. Trinity Rescue Kit - perform maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning
7. Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility - SARDU (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) is a free software application that can produce a CD / DVD or a USB device with multi-boot support.
8. Panda SafeCD 4.4.3.0 - Useful utility comes in handy when you need to clean a friend's PC (or your own) from a malware infested state. It is specially useful for detecting and disinfecting malware infections which give regular AV products running within Windows a hard time.
9. Dr.Web® LiveCD - Dr.Web LiveCD will clean your computer of infected and suspicious files, help you copy important information to a removable data storage device or another computer, and then attempt to cure infected objects.
10. Vba32 Rescue - Allows user to recover OS operation after malware threat. It is able to cure malwares on user’s computer with maximum effect. In addition, the product allows you to copy important files in critical situation.
In case of infection:
1. You should unplug your internet or disconnect your Ethernet cable or wireless internet connection to stop communication with a hacker.
2. Do a Virus, Malware, and Spyware scan. Please do one at a time. (Using difference malware/spyware scanner may give a slight different result in findings and scanning in safe mode would provide a better results).
3. Remove all infections. (a reboot might be required.)
4. If rebooted or not, conduct another scan to make sure all infections are eradicated and no traces left behind.
5. Do a or OTL to analyze for any weird registry that still might be infected.
Bookmark it for future reference.
Brought to you by Death Trap™. Be safe.
