
Malware Information Center

IOCC.com Virus, Spyware and Malware Center

1. Overview, Sources and Threats of Malware
2. Preventing Intrusions
3. Suggested Programs to Install on Your Computer

Suggested Programs to Install on Your Computer

Note: If you are not comfortable with the virus and spyware removal procedures, IOCC.com and Pinnacle Computers provide the services at reasonable rates. Give us a call.

Windows Updates

See the previous page section, "Correcting Problems Caused by Operating Systems".

General Procedures:

Install anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. Hopefully in the near future, these will be combined into one program.
Obtain updates for each program at least weekly.
Run full-system scans at least monthly.

Viruses, Worms and Trojans

IOCC.COM strongly encourages every computer user to equip their computer with Anti-Virus programs. Excellent choices are available, both free and paid. Be sure to update your product regularly and often, keep the program memory-resident for real-time operation, and run a scan of your computer frequently.

Vendor	Free Version	Available for Purchase	Updates
Grisoft Anti-Virus (AVG)	AVG Free (Look for the link near the top similar to avg75free_446a965.exe) You may use this direct link or click Download Now at Download.Com	Version 7.5 (Anti-Malware highly recommended)	Update Page
McAfee	On-Line Virus Scan A great stand-alone scanner for the most common virus infections is Stinger	Upgrade Center	Internet Security Suite
Trend Micro	Online Scan Download Sysclean.Com for a comprehensive stand-alone virus scan	PC-cillin	Update Center Virus Pattern Files

More Virus, Worm & Trojan Information:

Virus Information at McAfee
Search at Symantec
Virus Encyclopedia at Trend Micro
From honeypot to bot in minutes -- Results of a test that shows how fast an unprotected computer can be infected

Spyware, Adware, and other Malware

There are several programs available, often free of charge, to protect your computer against these intrusions. Typically, you need to manually run these programs periodically to scan for the unwanted programs.

Vendor	Vendor's Web Site	Download Location
AVG Anti-Spyware	Free for Windows (Look for the link near the bottom similar to avgas-setup-7.5.0.50.exe). Documentation. If you purchase AVG, get the Anti-Malware version to include anti-virus and anti-spyware in one unified program.	Documentation Download.Com, or click Download Now
Ad-Aware	Lavasoft	Download.Com (save to your disk)
SpyBot	PepiMK Software	Download.Com (save to your disk) Using Internet Explorer? Hold down Ctrl when you click this link; otherwise, you'll get a blank page.
Trend Micro Spyware Scanner	Online Scan	Can be saved and run from your computer
Microsoft Windows Defender	Beta Version	Runs on Win2K and WinXP only. Betas expires periodically.

Advanced users only, please:

HiJackThis	Merijn.Org	Download.Com (save to your disk, unzip program needed)
CSShredder	CSShredder	Intermute

More information at:

SpywareInfo.Com

1. Overview, Sources and Threats of Malware
2. Preventing Intrusions
3. Suggested Programs to Install on Your Computer

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