Fix That Hosed-up Windows Box!

• Diagnostics
• Backup tools
• Network Fixers
• AV special-purpose tools
• AV removers
• File deleters
• Rootkit specials
• Boot this disk
• Hasta la Vista!

• BartPE - in case the PC will not boot
  DriveMan - backup drivers
  CCleaner - remove the junk files
  Hex Editor - edit corrupt Word/other documents
  UnStoppableCopier - backup files in case you only get one chance
  DelLater - delete virus/other files that are inuse
  Spybot, AdAware, Spyware Doctor
  WhatsRunning - find rogue processes
  System Internals - all :-)
  A2Hijackfree - startup programs
• Spybot
  Adware
  NoNav/Sav Remove
  CCleaner
  Firefox (now 3.0)
  IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe
  AimFix
  ProcessExplorer.zip
  Tcpview.zip
  Siw.exe
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/
  Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
  CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
  HijackThis - http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download
  Recovery is Possible - http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/rip/
  AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - http://free.grisoft.com/
  Norton Removal Tool - http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
  McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool - http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=107083&lc=1033
  VundoFix - http://vundofix.atribune.org/
  Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
• BartPE or WinBuilder
  CCleaner
  Dial-A-Fix
  Spybot
  Anything from Sysinternals
  MSI Clean Up utility (msicuu.exe)
• StartupList - It's a bit like HijackThis (and written by the same person/people), but covers a large number of registry locations that viruses/spyware like to hide. http://www.merijn.org/programs.php#startuplist
• Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool
• IceSword (nothing can hide from it)
  WinsockXPFix
  Winsockfix (for Vista)
  Gmer
  Autoruns (Systernals)
  ProcessExplorer (Systernals)
  Eset NOD32 antivirus
• F-Secure BlackLight? http://www.f-secure.co.uk/blacklight/blacklight.html
• SuperAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
  Rogue Remover http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
• CCleaner is better than decrap. JKdefrag for defrag. Spybot SnD. I'm not a fan of spyware doctor (seen it hose machines). Norton Remover and McAfee removers are a must too.
• My positive contribution: bartPE has been mentioned; we make heavy use
  of the Ultimate boot CD (UBCD) since it has both memtest and HDAT2 on
  it, the best hdd diagnostic tool we've found: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
• bleepingcomputer.com called Combofix.exe
• Secunia Personal Software inspector, https://psi.secunia.com/
• Intel(R) Regimented Potential Incident Examination Report (RPIER), http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpier
• No one mentioned any tools along the lines of toolbars or browser plugins
  Netcraft anti-phishing (not yet updated for FF 3.0), http://toolbar.netcraft.com/
• NoScript (though it can initially be annoying to the average user), https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
• Errata Security AxBan, ActiveX Kill Bits, http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-axban-feature.html
• 1) Ewido Micro - Ewido malware scan without installing full client
  (will need an Internet connection to download updates)
  http://download.ewido.net/ewido_micro.exe
• 2) Sysclean - SysClean utility - Standalone virus scanner similar to
  Stinger but detects all known variants that Trend Micro can detect
  http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com
• SysClean virus definition file - select the LPT***.zip to download
  http://www.trendmicro.com/download/viruspattern.asp
  Place sysclean.com and the unzipped LPT file from LPT***.zip
  into a folder.
  Double click sysclean.com to start the scan
• 3) SCSCleanWipe - Removes version of Norton (Symantec) Antivirus
  Corporate Edition (9x,ME,NT,2k,XP)
  For failures with add-remove
  http://www2.etown.edu/its/downloads/SCSCleanWipe.zip
• 4) CleanUp! - Cleans temp files, browser cache and prefetch of a
  Windows computer (for all accounts)
  http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=69
• 5) KillBox - Delete files that won't delete normally
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php
• 6) MCPR.exe - Removes versions of Mcafee suites and applications
  For failures with add-remove
  http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=107083&lc=1033&pf=1
• 7) Norton - Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton
  2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products and Norton 360 from your
  computer
  For failures with add-remove
  http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
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