Anti-Trojan type program

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Since Antivirus programs may not do all that well in detecting
trojans, I started looking around for some kind of solutions. It seems
that all of the free anti-trojan software listed at the Wilder.org
site are either trialware, don't work with W9x or are abandoned (i.e.
useless), so I did a search in Alta Vista. What I came up with is the
following:

This is a page that talks about how to tell if you're being hacked:

http://www.markusjansson.net/ehacked.html

This is a utility mentioned at the above site:

http://www.capimonitor.nl/Atguard & NIS/_loadurl.php?filename=niscrc.php

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However, I really can't find any good freeware anti-trojan software.
Has anybody else had any luck?
 
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Since Antivirus programs may not do all that well in detecting
trojans, I started looking around for some kind of solutions. It seems
that all of the free anti-trojan software listed at the Wilder.org
site are either trialware, don't work with W9x or are abandoned (i.e.
useless), so I did a search in Alta Vista. What I came up with is the
following:

This is a page that talks about how to tell if you're being hacked:

http://www.markusjansson.net/ehacked.html

This is a utility mentioned at the above site:

http://www.capimonitor.nl/Atguard & NIS/_loadurl.php?filename=niscrc.php

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However, I really can't find any good freeware anti-trojan software.
Has anybody else had any luck?
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John,
It seems all we can do is wait for "a squared" to come out with their
new stuff:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
Best for 2004 and beyond,
POKO
 
Since Antivirus programs may not do all that well in detecting
trojans, I started looking around for some kind of solutions. It seems
that all of the free anti-trojan software listed at the Wilder.org
site are either trialware, don't work with W9x or are abandoned (i.e.
useless), so I did a search in Alta Vista. What I came up with is the
following:

This is a page that talks about how to tell if you're being hacked:

http://www.markusjansson.net/ehacked.html

This is a utility mentioned at the above site:

http://www.capimonitor.nl/Atguard & NIS/_loadurl.php?filename=niscrc.php

(link may wrap)

However, I really can't find any good freeware anti-trojan software.
Has anybody else had any luck?
Click to expand...


A2 installes smoothly,... seems stable enough.
Compared to Ad Aware & Spybot it uses a lots of resources.
While Ad Aware can run - in the back - using low resources, A2
advances slowly and slows down my - very old - system.

But certainly it'll run smoothly on any newer configuration.

Anyone with experience using A2 compared to Ad Aware & Spybot?

nondisputandum
 
Anyone with experience using A2 compared to Ad Aware & Spybot?
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Yes. It's just as you say.

Be warned that they're a completely different genre of software. Ad-Aware
and Spybot are anti-spyware, a² is an anti-trojan. You need both.

Bob
 
Bob said:
Yes. It's just as you say.
Be warned that they're a completely different genre of software. Ad-Aware
and Spybot are anti-spyware, a² is an anti-trojan. You need both.
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I downloaded and installed a² yesterday. Be advised that you need to
register with them to get the activation code. Other than that, the
program works nicely and gave me a clean bill of health.

However, I still notice that after I run a certain binary news reader
and shut it down, my system slows and also shuts down very slowly.
That's what prompted me to get a². I'd get a packet sniffer, but what
a pain in the arse.

--
Regards from John "I'm not paranoid! They really are out to get me!"
Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
 
John said:
I downloaded and installed a² yesterday. Be advised that you need to
register with them to get the activation code. Other than that, the
program works nicely and gave me a clean bill of health.

However, I still notice that after I run a certain binary news reader
and shut it down, my system slows and also shuts down very slowly.
That's what prompted me to get a². I'd get a packet sniffer, but what a
pain in the arse.
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I've never heard of this....> http://swatit.org/download.html anyone
want to be a guinea pig?
 
I downloaded and installed a² yesterday. Be advised that you need to
register with them to get the activation code. Other than that, the
program works nicely and gave me a clean bill of health.

However, I still notice that after I run a certain binary news reader
and shut it down, my system slows and also shuts down very slowly.
That's what prompted me to get a². I'd get a packet sniffer, but what
a pain in the arse.
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Registration is no problem as long as they do not abuse.

Similar, runs and finds nothing.
What is good I suppose ;-)

Will keep it along with Ad Aware & Spybot


nondisputandum
 
I've never heard of this....> http://swatit.org/download.html anyone
want to be a guinea pig?
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I tried it.

It really does work, but it's a pain. The scanning engine is slow, and it
has ads, ads, ads that pop up and make you decline to get a full version or
something.

It's better than nothing, and worth it if it's all you can get.

Bob
 
I tried it.

It really does work, but it's a pain. The scanning engine is slow, and it
has ads, ads, ads that pop up and make you decline to get a full version or
something.

It's better than nothing, and worth it if it's all you can get.
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Than what would yo propose else & better?
Bob
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nondisputandum
 
Nondisputandum said:
Registration is no problem as long as they do not abuse.
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I agree. And I gave them my spam dump address anyway.
Similar, runs and finds nothing. What is good I suppose ;-)
Will keep it along with Ad Aware & Spybot
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Yep.
 
Perhaps A² at http://www.emsisoft.com/en/

Some of the web-based scanners work too, but they're a minor hassle.
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There's another one http://www.ewido.de/de/?section=news&id=13 about the
same level of development as A².

It requires you to register and the interface is in German only so far I
think.

Here's a comparison of the different pro and free versions

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.ewido.de/de%
2F%3Fsection%3Dnews%26id%3D13

For Xp and win2k only.

Bob
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Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
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