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A while back someone suggested having, as part of your antimalware arsenal, some app that could be installed on a flash drive which could supposedly detect any spyware / malware on whatever computer the flash drive was plugged into. (I think the app was DOS-based, and it could work even if the...

Attention, kjv1611: I had a rootkit infection. Because certain experts (including the University of Minnesota's Center for Safe Computing) said that it was impossible to be completely certain that a rootkit was successfully removed, I reformatted my disk and started over. My 4 posts since that...

I have some questions about antispyware apps: 1. I know you're not supposed to run 2 antivirus apps at once, but that you CAN run 2 scanner-only antispyware apps at once. But should you not run 2 real-time-protection antispyware apps at once? 2. Other than the fact that spyware "spies", just...

Well then, can you recommend a good CURRENT free real-time antimalware app?

I see SpywareGuard 2.2 touted as a good free real-time antimalware app that makes a great compliment to SpywareBlaster. But can anyone confirm that for me, and that it's definitely a different app than Spyware Guard 2008 & 2009? It had better be, because the latter is said to actually be a...

Please excuse my naïveté: exactly what types of websites am I supposed to steer clear of to avoid contracting malware infections?

What's the best software to prevent malware infections? The best to detect infections? The best to eradicate them? The best single all-in-one product?

attention, kjv1611: I've got a firewalled router (NetGear WGR614v6). Webroot Security Essentials is my anti-virus app, personal firewall, malware scanner / protection program and cleanup program. As far as your suggestion concerning DBAN and/or Active Killdisk: I understand that you need to...

I'm infected with rootkit.gen (specifically: swerftx.sys, unique code IQ1LCWD7) at LBA sector 0 of my MBR. It's a "highly severe" Trojan which can enable a remote computer to take over my computer, among other things. Webroot Security Essentials (incorporating Spy Sweeper) is unable to remove...