Free Anti-Malware- Anti-Spyware for Businesses

Spyware Terminator is available to businesses and private users through open-source. PC Virus Doctors uses the utility for a quick daily scan to get rid of stubborn tracking cookies that will not be removed through conventional means, through the operating systems and browser deletions.

Spyware Terminator may be configured with ClamWin so users can have extra scanning signatures.

Benefits of Spyware Terminator:

• Quick scans actually do perform quickly and thoroughly
• Configurations may be set for "Live-Time Protection"
• ClamWin may be integrated into "Live-Time Protection"
• Licensed for Business use through open-source
• Easily configured even for beginners
• Users can quickly change configurations within a short learning curve

Negative Aspects:

Minor annoyance but it does serve up ads when looking at the configuration but does not serve up ads any other time; this said, ST seems to take up little resources, a positive.

It never hurts to have an extra spyware, malware remover in the toolbox especially if it is compatible with other malware scanners which in PC Virus Doctors experience has been positive with no set backs at all.

Spyware Terminator is a great free tool for businesses to double check with other organizations, albeit open-source or paid vendors of virus scanners/signatures.

Free AntiVirus for Businesses

Businesses may at times not be able to afford antivirus solutions for all work stations but there is an excellent alternative to "no antivirus solutions". ClamWin is an open-source antivirus scanner that can automatically update at times the users may set and ClamWin will automatically scan daily or weekly in the user settings.

The antivirus can be configured to run during the night or weekends when the stations are not in use. PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Support uses the software as a second antivirus and is compatable with the primary antivirus. ClamWin can also be configured by default to scan incoming and outgoing Microsoft Outlook emails. Also email alerts may be sent to users when malware is detected.

Now there is no excuse for business owners to be absent of an antivirus on all machines in the office with up-to-date virus signatures and frequently scanned computers and laptops.

Best Free AntiVirus of 2010 for Gifts

The best free antivirus offered on the internet PC Virus Doctors believes in and endorses is  Avira Antivirus. The free version of the antivirus updates daily, with a pop-up, that can be seen as advantageous. as you know the program successfully updated. The pop-up is an advertisement for the professional version. So if one does not mind but a single pop-up when Avira is updated then this may be the antivirus for you, all free.

PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Support feels that Avira is the best in identification and eradication of malware that can always be completed with a few additional spyware programs, free of course...more coming.

PC Security Tip> KEEP ALL YOUR SECURITY TOOLS UPDATED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY!

Free Spyware- Malware Remover for Christmas

Give some free great gifts for the holidays. SuperAntiSpyware is a world-class virus and malware remover that is a must have on every computer worldwide. The new updates are available several times per day and the ability to rid computers of malware is increasingly efficient with Super Anti-Spyware.

PC Virus Doctors have used Super AntiSpyware for years and it is a very efficient tool for eliminating malware.

Free Rootkit Removers

PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Support has a free rootkit remover download list available directly from vendor sites or authorized through redistribution. The antirootkits may prove valuable if indeed the rootkits can be identified and eradicated will be another story.

Check out these free removal tools from Panda, McAfee, Sophos, Kaspersky, AVG, Lavasoft, GMER Rootkit Detector and Remover and others> Free Rootkit Removers.

Keep Your Media Players Updated

PC Virus Doctors recommend keeping their media players updated to avoid exploits, fake antimalware, etc. The media players are updated often and will patch their exploits as they become known.

Playing media from unknown sources such as limewire and other peer to peer (p2p) programs may have malware embedded.

Updated media players will help ameliorate media with embedded malware.

New Rogue AntiVirus List Update

PC Virus Doctors have released a new rogue antivirus list to help distinguish the good software from the bad, rogue ware that is plaguing the net right now. Beware of the look-alike Microsoft knock-offs; they can be very deceiving.

The new fake antiviruses out there "in the wild" right now are difficult to remove.

Good luck to all...

Virtumonde Back in Stealthy- Difficult-to-Remove Status

Virtumonde is back in its ugly form as hard to identify and if identified the antimalware cannot remove it. The Vundo trojan with its name-like Virtumondo can be hard to stop without the latest "fix" which may not be available for 24 hours or more. Spybot nor SuperAntiSpyware and many other scanners have been able to help as this trojan runs in memory upon startup it is tough. Spybot could Identify malware but not remove it with the accompanying messages stating, 'you do not have administrative rights...can we run on reboot'; clicking 'yes' and Spybot would not autorun on reboot.

Finally, with a more recent update of Malwarebytes and signatures from Nov. 30, 2010 I was able to break the back of the trojan and finally able to now access "safe mode". I just decided to try 'safe mode' and was able to access and now decided to run Spybot in 'safe mode' and Spybot was not able to identify more malware and was ablet to "Fix the Problem".

Hopefully more security vendors will get the fix so the recent Vundo trojan can be more easily disabled.

Keep Your Java Updated

It is imperative to keep Java updated so the hackers and malware writers can not take advantage and exploit Java. Many malware can take advantage of older versions of Java. Users should let the Java Scheduler run at start up just to keep the latest versions updated which is security imperative.

PC Virus Doctors just found about dozen Java exploit programs on the last scanned laptop. The resutl was the destruction of boot files whether through Java exploits or the other ton of malware that was removed most likely due to P2P programs.

P2P programs seem to attract the malware distributors.

Replace Old Hard Drives or Loose Data

Many PC users do not understand that hard drives fail. The hard drive is the only physically working part on the machine minus the data/electrons that are moved through the motherboard and other peripherals. These drives spin at average around 5200 revolutions per minute.

Drives are basically holding data like a record player in ways that:

1. The record needle on a record player is now like a head reader/writer on a hard drive
2. The record on a record player is now the platter in a hard drive

Years and years of a physical platter spinning at several thousands revolutions per second is bound to wear out. Is there any disagreement here?

PC Virus Doctors have so many people asking why we need to move or save data on drives that are over two years old after they have become infected with viruses or trojans. This is science readers. Parts wear out. Platters that hold data may start to become worn. The head writer becomes worn and may be hitting the platter.

Here becomes the real danger involving virus/trojan removals on older drives:

• Many times the hard drive must be pulled from the original machine because no programs will execute from the original PC
• Now the drive is pulled it must be slaved (in a variety of ways) to a healthy computer with the software and hardware designed to examine the drive and remove the malware.
• OK, once that is done and the drive is cleaned and repaired and placed properly back into the original machine....
• The data is now not available....GONE.

The absentee data is one I cannot explain except for the fact that the malware must have changed the physical settings on the hard drive.

So beware if you want to be cheap and inattentive to your data. It may be the last time you see pictures of your baby. Call Dallas Data Recovery for help in recovering information from old hard drives.