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Useful info! Thanks for posting it! I'm still using Avast and searching for something better.

Hi there,Its nice to know,I am using McAfee and it is good but not as much.It seldom fails to stop malware .I will try out this one.Thanks.

I like the Kaspersky Rescue CD http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk
However; i'm not much of a fan of how it leaves a kaspersky folder on the target drive.  Just a minor annoyance.

Actually, i really like the concept of AntiVirus Rescue CD's in general (there are several available).  Fix & remove windows virus' without running Windows.
Always best to image a drive before cleaning, just in case.

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Here's a link to AV-Comparative's Weblog:  http://www.av-comparatives.org/weblog/

   Whole Product Dynamic Tests (June 2k11) --> http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … 1_1_en.pdf
   False Alarm Test (Aug 2k11) --> http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … ug2011.pdf
   On-Demand Comparative - Detection Tests (Aug 2k11) --> http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … ug2011.pdf
   Performance Test Security Suites (Aug 2k11) --> http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … g_2011.pdf
   Corporate Review (Complete Report) (Sept 2k11) --> http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … w_2011.pdf

I note that Netcraft's Toolbar shows forum.driverpacks.net as the 14610th most popular site on the internet. 
   driverpacks.net is rated 44256th.  http://toolbar.netcraft.com/stats/topsites

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Tired of being redirected by every Tiny Url you see?  The following may be of assistance to firefox users (maybe chrome too) by uncovering 182 short Url services.  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo … lease-mod/

A mass ASP.NET attack is underway, beware.  SQL is being injected almost as often as fuel through an internal combustion engine.  I wish i was making this stuff up.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/14 … ion_grows/

Beware the link at the bottom of the 'VirusTotal' analysis, it links to malignant code for research purposes.  Verify the link with either of the following free scanners:

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/
https://www.virustotal.com/index.html

Odd, 'VirusTotal' now says that 0/43 recognize this, yet 'sitecheck.securi' insists it is still active malware?!?
Anyway, they have toolbars for popular browsers and an API, too. http://www.virustotal.com/advanced.html#browser-addons

There are other signature based services, such as the ones mentioned here: http://www.h-online.com/security/featur … tml?page=2

ThreatExpert, from PC-Tools, the makers of ThreatFire (a free behavior-based AV), is a behavior-based detection service for files at http://www.threatexpert.com/submit.aspx

If you want to clean an infected system, there are some rescueCD's available.  Notably absent from the following site is Avira's & AVG's rescueCD's.  Other rescue platforms mentioned are worth looking at for data recovery.  http://www.h-online.com/open/features/S … 83726.html

Now, if only i could find an integrated solution for my smokin' new smarf meter, to protect from malware & worms, without resorting to tin-foil.

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Wondering where most of the spam originates nowadays?  China?  Russia?  Nigeria?

the USA --> http://www.av-test.org/en/statistics/spam/
"In God we trust, all others pay cash!"

If you own a Symantec product with AntiVirus, you may have spent some time awaiting the completion of updates this previous week, again.
http://www.av-test.org/en/statistics/updates/

AV-Comparatives has some new reports available:  Retrospective/Proactive Detection Tests:  Revised Nov2011 http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … ov2011.pdf
                                                                           AntiPhishing:  Revised Oct2011 http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/s … ng2011.pdf

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from post above concerning posts on an official forum:  http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 757#p45757

Someone deleted my topic concerning geodata collected pre-EULA  (not i - never had the privileges,; doubt anyone hacked into my account either for same reason).
I attempted to appeal to a mod as a new topic (TOU didn't explain how to start an appeal) only to have that disappear in short order.
I never violated TOU as far as i know, IMHO & used level-headed netiquette.  I even suggested that it must be a bug, rather than making accusations.
I added some new independent info that corroborated my claims, as no one had refuted unequivocally.  That's when posts started disappearing, even the whole topic back over two months.  Never received a single 'PM' about the 'takedown'.

No enlightenment seems forthcoming from that forum.  I must have struck a raw nerve.

Apparently 'Caveat Emptor' applies to 'Free AntiV-Adware', too.

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