8.1 Misc - Antivirus, Malware, Spyware, SPAM and Macintosh
Utilities
The information on
this page has been gathered from various resources
across the Internet and has not been individually verified by Simply
Bits. Simply Bits makes no warranties or representations with regard to
these products or services. Many of these are free for home and/or
non-commercial use. Simply Bits provides this list as a courtesy to our
residential customers so that they can better secure their computers.
---AntiVirus Products---
---RootKit Detection Tools---
---Malware and Spyware---
- a-Squared Free
- Ad-Aware
- Cleanup!
- The Cleaner
- CoolWeb Search
- Hijack This! - is for advanced users!! If you are not familiar with running processes on your
computer as well as anything ever installed that could tie into your web
browser, you could potentially damage your computer! You should have scanned
your machine with anti-spyware, virus and trojan tools before using Hijack
This.
- IE:SpyAd - adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers,
marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet
Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the
web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls,
Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf
the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups,
cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC.
- Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Microsoft Safety Scan
- PrevX
- SpyBot Search and Destroy
- Spyware Blaster
- Spyware Guard
- Swat It!
- Trojan Defense System
- Windows Defender
---Firewalls---
- IP Cop - A free, Linux based firewall that is very robust and has a good user interface.
However, it is not a program you install on Windows but something you install to
a seperate computer. IP Cop can be run on any Intel compatible PC and as little
resources as a 486 with 64MB of RAM. Locally you can buy an old Pentium 200 with
64MB of RAM from World Care for under $50 - the same as purchasing the
professional version of many Windows based software programs. This is better suited to a business than to a residential user.
- Jetico Personal Firewall
- Kerio Personal Firewall
- Zone Alarm
---Spam Filtering Software---
- Avantrix SafeCheck - Allows you to pre check your email before actually downloading the full
messages. The easiest way to avoid any spam, or virus infected messages, without
losing any messages that you want to keep.
- BSpam
- Clean-Box
- MailWasher
- SpamPal
- Thunderbird - is not spam filtering software, but a replacement for Outlook, Outlook Express
or any other mail client. Thunderbird has an integrated Spam filter
---Misc Utilities for pre OS/X MacIntosh Computers
- OTTool - One of the most valuable and necessary utilities for owners of pre- OS/X
MacIntosh computers! It provides Mac users on IP networks the ability to run
commands such as Ping, Traceroute, Nslookup - all of which are critical when a
connectivity problem arises.
- Fetch - one of the most popular, and FREE, FTP programs for pre-OS/X Macintosh
computers
---Antivirus and Malware Utilities for Apple OS/X---
---Other Resources---
- An article on how to clean and disinfect your computer after is has become infected
