What do you do to remove infections?

[DrShade]

What programs do you run to remove malware? (Malwarebytes,Avira,etc.)

[ZOU]

THE FOLLOWING ARE WINDOWS ONLY!

My favorite is MBAM. It is a simple interface, very effective and has a very low false positive rate. Many users swear by it.
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol;1

Another good one is HitMan Pro. You have to be careful though. If you remove a false positive, there is no quarantine.
http://download.cnet.com/Hitman-Pro-3-32-bit/3000-2239_4-10895604.html?tag=mncol;1


Hitman Pro also has a 64 bit version, if that is your OS, at http://www.download.com. The link I gave is for 32 bit systems.

[ZOU]

THE FOLLOWING ARE WINDOWS ONLY!

In my last post, I linked you to some good on-demand anti-malware scanners.

The following is a good on-demand AV scanner:

http://download.cnet.com/Norton-Power-Eraser/3000-2239_4-75181267.html?tag=mncol;2

Be careful of what you delete as far as what NPE finds. I have had several false positives with it.

A great real-time AV is Avast Free Edition:

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?tag=mncol;1


If you are inexperienced, I strongly suggest that you stick with Avast Free Edition for your real-time AV, and MBAM for your on-demand anti-malware scanner.

If you ever use NPE or HitMan Pro, always create a restore point. That way, if you delete something that they find that you should not have, you can always utilize your restore point. As long as System Restore is turned on, your system will create checkpoints for you to restore your former settings in the event that a false positive is deleted and causes some kind of system instability or malfunction that you need to correct.

Note: Avast and MBAM have quarantines. You can simply restore your system back to the pre-deletion state without utilizing Microsoft's System Restore.

[ZOU]

All of the scanners I listed work for Windows. As far as MAC's go, I am not sure what you can use. I will do some research.

[ZOU]

MAC SECURITY SOFTWARE:

Here we go: http://download.cnet.com/iAntiVirus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10854561.html?tag=mncol;3

http://download.cnet.com/Symantec-Norton-AntiVirus/3000-2239_4-4363.html?tag=mncol;4


Both of those are real-time AV's for MAC's. iAntiVirus is free. Symatec Norton will cost you. Norton has good stuff these days though. Better to be safe than sorry. If you shop around, you can probably find it for 30 or 40% less than http://www.download.com's price.


Here is a link for an anti-malware type of on-demand scanner for MAC's:

http://download.cnet.com/Zebra-Scanner/3000-2239_4-10668190.html?tag=mncol;7
(I have no idea how well it may or may not perform)