tain Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I couldn't find what I was looking for in the wiki... While I understand that there are reasons you wouldn't want to do this, how about making a recommendation of "If you only use one malware tool, it should be XXX." Or something along those lines. I don't want to tell people I know to use so much software and go through so many steps. What is the single best solution, even though it may not be 100% complete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Um, there isn't? The whole point is you do need at least 2 or 3 anti-spyware programs. Folowed by anti-virus, a firewall, and a cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted January 26, 2008 Administrator Share Posted January 26, 2008 As Ultimate Predator said, you really need more than one in order to get a system cleaned properly. Even a few years ago, you would need Ad-Aware and Spybot to get the majority of infections. As infections are becoming more and more complex, the variations of tools unfortunately also has increased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Once a system is infected, you can never trust it. You can just run couple of scanners and clean what you find, and hope it is clean. With all those malware out there, you sometimes need more than one anti-malware scanner. Sometimes you get infected by malware downloaders that download several different kinds of malware infections. Some of them are pretty difficult to get rid off, they just keep coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Let me rephrase. If you could only use one tool, which would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hm - if I could only use ONE tool, it would be the debugger. Seriously, there are only a few very, very rare circumstances where it can be fooled. And if it can be fooled, that box is already pwned, and should be wiped anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Well, it is difficult to say, because different type of software do different things. You might need a antivirus software and anti-spyware software. And HJT is handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Various companies produce security suites targeting users who want to download just one program for all their security needs. There isn't one of them I'd recommend; they tend to be bloated resource hogs, and less than fully effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Various companies produce security suites targeting users who want to download just one program for all their security needs. There isn't one of them I'd recommend; they tend to be bloated resource hogs, and less than fully effective. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 So, cluberti's post aside, people hate the idea of using only one tool. So I'll relent and try a slightly different tactic: If you could only use two tools, which would they be? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjLizard Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Spybot Search & Destroy. (For a second tool I guess I would want Autoruns.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 So, cluberti's post aside, people hate the idea of using only one tool. So I'll relent and try a slightly different tactic: If you could only use two tools, which would they be? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 As DLizard said, Spybot and probably Comodo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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