On-line AV/Spyware/Malware Scanner List
BillR
categorized by features such as:
Disk vs. file
Scan only vs. repair
Traditional AV vs. spyware/other
Multi-engine scan
Corrections? Emendations? Additions anyone? Improved classification
scheme?
Any good spyware/malware scanners that provide useful results even if
removal requires purchase (e.g., see SpySubtract MD or Spy Audit).
Some tools provide useless totals, fail to identify the location, or
add many false positives. One "uselessware" (at best) identified 315
tracking cookies. I don't even have that many cookies!
BTW, I ran the Kaspersky Beta scanner once successfully last month.
The two subsequent times I was unable to run it. Anyone else
successful/unsuccessful? Kaspersky has a great reputation. This and
the new Spy Audit from Webroot could become my favorite on-line
scanners.
Notes
* A few of these are not "pure" on-line scanners but they do include an
on-line component.
* Most require IE and use Active-X. A few require Java.
BillR
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AV Disk Scan & Cure
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AhnLab Myv3 (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://info.ahnlab.com/english/myv3/myv3.html
BitDefender by SOFTWIN (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Command on Demand (CoD) by Authentium (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://www.commandondemand.com/eval/index.cfm
eTrust by CA (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
F-Secure (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
Panda ActiveScan (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/default.asp
RAV by GeCAD & MS (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
TrendMicro Housecall (AV Disk Scan & Cure)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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AV Disk Scan
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Hauri LiveCall (AV Disk Scan)
http://www.globalhauri.com/html/onlineservice/livecall.html
Kaspersky (BETA AV Disk Scan - maybe removal)
http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/kws/kavwebscan.html
McAfee FreeScan (AV Disk Scan)
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
PC Pitstop (AV Scan, Spyware Scan, & Firewall Test)
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Symantec (Norton) (AV Disk Scan & Firewall Test)
http://security.symantec.com/
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Anti-Spyware & Misc
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Help2Go Detective (On-line HijackThis Log Analyzer) (Spyware Scan &
Cure)
http://www.help2go.com/modules.php?name=HJTDetective
PestScan by CA (PestPatrol based) (Spyware Scan)
http://home.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.entry25?page=freePestPatrolScan&client=ComputerAssociates
Spy Audit by Webroot (Spy Sweeper based) (Spyware Scan)
http://www.webroot.com/services/spyaudit_03.htm
SpySubtract MD by Intermute and Trend Micro (Spyware Scan & CWShredder)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/free_spyware_scan.html
System Spyware Interrogator by SpywareData (Spyware Scan & Cure)
http://www.spywaredata.com/index.php
TrojanScan by EMSI (a-squared) (Spyware Scan & Cure)
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
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Multi-engine File Scan
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VirusScan.Jotti (Multi-engine File Scan)
http://www.virusscan.jotti.org
VirusTotal (Multi-engine File Scan)
http://www.virustotal.com
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AV File Scan
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avast (AV File Scan)
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
ClamAV Specimen Scanner (AV File Scan)
http://www.gietl.com/test-clamav/
DrWeb by DialogueScience (AV File Scan)
http://old.antivir.ru/english/www_av/
Kaspersky Lab (AV File Scan)
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
Norman Sandbox Info Center (NSIC)(AV File Scan)
http://sandbox.norman.no/live_4.html
RAV by GeCAD (AV File Scan)
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/indexn.php
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