The Internet Advisor Toolkit
Internet
search Tips and Tricks 4/9/2011 – How to improve your Internet
search experiance. To fully protect your Windows PC, you will require
four additional software components. At The Internet Advisor, we have
provided links to a number of FREE (and respectable) resources.
Windows Updates Your computer should already be configured to automatically download Windows updates. In case it is not, or if you would like to double check, click on the Windows Update link. If you want to download a Windows operating system Service pack without using the Windows update site you can go to the Microsoft Service pack site. Anti-Virus Software
Special Note:
Remember – If your
computer appears to be infected the first step I perform is aWindows
System Restore. A system restore will return your computers system
files to a state recorded on a particlulare date and time you have selected.
The longer the
virus, malware, or scare-ware is running the more deeply it can embed itself
into your computer, even disabling the ability to install antivirus /
antimalware scanners. When you perform a system restore the malicious
files may still be on your computer but the modifications made by the virus
that allows it to run when the computer starts up or the changes to critical
system files will have be removed and restored. You need to still need
to scan your computer after the system restore with an updated Anti-virus and
/ or Malware scanner.
To perform a system
restore:
Start / (all) Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore. Restore your computer to an earlier date and time (when your computer was not infected).
Most Internet
Service Providers (Comcast, ATT, brighthouse) provide a free Anti-Virus
security suit. If your ISP does not provide antivirus protection,
select one of the free suits below.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Free antivirus and Malware protection from Microsoft.
AVG
Anti-Virus
Click on the link for information on Grisoft’s free and fully functional version of their popular anti-virus software. Free for home use and registration is not required. Download Here
Avast
This is my far the best free antivirus programs. Ed has installed this on one of his home computers and it works as well as others he has used. Free for home use and registration is required.
Avira
Antivirus
Avira has a free antivirus software that can be used for personal use and support Windows XP, 2000, and 98. Free AntiVir Personal Edition – Download here
Microsoft Bootable Windows Defender –
Microsoft Windows defender on a bootable USB stick or CD. Once created
you can boot your computer from the USB flash drive or CD and allow Windows
Defender to scan and remove Viruses and Malware.
Special
Note: Remember – If your computer appears to be infected the
first step I perform is a Windows System Restore. A system
restore will return your computers system files to a state recorded on a
particlulare date and time you have selected.
The longer the
virus, malware, or scare-ware is running the more deeply it can embed itself
into your computer, even disabling the ability to install antivirus / antimalware
scanners. When you perform a system restore the malicious files may
still be on your computer but the modifications made by the virus that allows
it to run when the computer starts up or the changes to critical system files
will have be removed and restored. You need to still need to scan your
computer after the system restore with an updated Anti-virus and / or Malware
scanner.
To perform a system
restore:
Start / (all) Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore. Restore your computer to an earlier date and time (when your computer was not infected).
Malwarebytes (free
edition Scanner – Purchased version provide realtime protection)
I started using this little GEM of a scanner when some of my Favorite scanners failed to detect or remove nasty infection like the Vundo Virus, AntiVirus 2008/2009/360 and many others. This scanner detects virus, malware, trojans, and other unwanted programs by how they behave, what they access, if they are monitoring keystrokes, spawning / creating / modifying exiting programs. This is my favorite scanner - 1/2012. Go to MalwareBytes.Org to download the free version (using C-net). But, because the C-net download can be confusing, click here to download directly from FileHippo.com
Super
Antispyware scanner
Download the free version of SUPERAntispyware protection. The free utility is one of my favorite tools that I install to detect and remove malicious software.
ComboFIX
This free utility should only be downloaded from Bleepingcomputer.com as the author has authorized this as the only distribution source. This powerful utility is included in my toolkit but should be used by experienced technicians (or desperate users). The creator of this utility also warns that the utility should not be used without supervision or it could cause your computer to not operate correctly.
Panda
Cloud antivirus and Malware Scanner - Cloud based
scanning does not require you to install the software but simply initiate the
scan from within your web browser. The utility make take a
little longer but this type of scanner has the advantage of being
able to scan your computers when the virus prevents the installation of
traditional removal tools.
Microsoft Malicious Software removal tool -
Anti-Malware and Virus protection. This tool continues to be
updated by Microsoft and now include Botnet detection.
Norman Malware Cleaner – PC
Magizone rated this scanner just below Malware Bytes by only a few points so
it must be pretty good.
Kerio Personal Firewall
Highly respected free firewall that almost went out of existence until it was rescued. This is becoming the free firewall of choice by professionals.
Zone Alarm Personal Firewall
by Zone Labs
Protects your computer by placing a barrier between your PC and all network traffic coming in and going out of your computer. Make sure you are downloading the free ZoneAlarm firewall and not the ZoneAlarm Security suite which is “nagware”. What that means is that after 30-60 days of free use, the software begins to nag you to upgrade to the paid version.
A rootkit is a
stealthy type of malicious software (malware) designed to hide it existence
from the Windows operating system as well as hide from Antivirus and
AntiMalware scanners.
Kapersky Anti-rootkit utility –
TDSSKiller is a free utility provided by Kapersky that will scan for
Malicious rootkit software on your computer.
McAfee now provides a Rootkit scanner -
A Rootkit is basically a malicous program (virus) that hides itself by using
invalid WIndows characters – Microsoft will not let you create a file or
folder with characters – !@#$%^&*()….). Most antivirus
scanners can not detect rootkits.
Hiren’s BootCD is a free bootable
CD containing various diagnostic programs for fixing various Windows computer
problems. It is a Linux based operating system and provides dozens of
utilities that can be best described as performing first aid for your
computer. Anti-virus and Malware scanners, disk-check utilities,
undelete……Download the 500mb zip file, extract or copy the files into a new
folder, and run the BurnCD and let the program create the Hirens
bootCD.
Microsoft Bootable Windows Defender –
Microsoft Windows defender on a bootable USB stick or CD. Once created
you can boot your computer from the USB flash drive or CD and allow Windows
Defender to scan and remove Viruses and Malware.
Puppy Linux is a bootable live CD
that allows you to boot your computer from the puppy linux CD, bypassng your
Windows Operating system, allowing you to view (and backup) all of your
computers files. Read the entire article – here
Kaspersky Boot CD – This is a
wonderful free utility provided by Kaspersky antivirus that allows you to
create a bootable CD and scan your computers for viruses and other nasty
unwanted programs.
The 46 Best Free Utilities
Ian “Gizmo” Richards maintains a running list of the 46 best free utilities on his “Tech Support Alert” Web site. Gizmo keeps the list up to date by adding and removing utilities and updating each of the 46 descriptions. I have referenced this page frequently, and have now added it to our Tool Kit.
Nir
Sofers list of free utilities and Tools – Exellent web
site that provides list of free utilities and tools - Tech
tools – Recover passwords, Wireless
router keys, networking utilities, command line utils, and much
more.
Microsoft Windows
Service Packs - Download a Windows Service Pack as
a single file. If you are having difficulty locate older Windows
Service packs you might find them at this Microsoft site.
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