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Links to Help Keep your PC Safe
Microsoft Defender Windows Defender is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware, popups and other potentially unwanted software
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (Free) The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.
EzTrust Anti-Virus Software -
Computer Associates (1 year Free Trial)		 Free for 1-year, automatic updates, scanning. Works on workstations and servers. Unobtrusive.
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition for Home AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Does not work on Servers.
Spybot Search & Destroy (S&D) Spyware, hijackers, dialers, trojans and other malware can play havoc with your PC and snoop around your personal data. Spybot - Search & Destroy is the essential solution to protect your online privacy. It removes snoops that already found their way into your system, and prevents others from infecting your computer.
LavaSoft Ad-aware Lavasoft, with its Ad-Aware technology, is widely known for delivering comprehensive and secure performance. Together with several newly developed techniques and our newly developed scanning technology Ad-Aware SE delivers heretofore unseen performance on both PCs and workstations.
CWShredder - Removes CoolWebSearch Hijacker Trend Micro CWShredder is the premier tool to find and remove traces of CoolWebSearch – the name for a wide range of insidious browser hijackers– from your PC- Free

CWShredder removes these browser hijackers. CoolWebSearch installs dozens of bookmarks–mostly to porn Web sites–on your desktop, changes your home page without asking, and continually changes it back if you attempt to correct it. Furthermore, it significantly slows down the performance of your PC, and introduces modifications which cause Microsoft Windows™ to freeze, crash or randomly reboot.
Startup Inspector for Windows Helps manage your startup applications and provides information on programs that run when you start up Windows. It can tell Whether a program is necessary to the system or if it is spyware. The application scans all programs in the Windows Startup Folder and Registry, and provides you with background information. There are more than 4,300 programs in the database
Ad-Ware SE v1.05 The utility scans your system--including removable drives--for the most common types of advertising spyware and safely removes offending software. The utility detects small ad programs from Adware, Aureate/Radiate, OnFlow, Comet-Cursor, Cydoor, Doubleclick, EverAd, Flyswat, OnFlow, TimeSink 5.0, and others.
HiJackThis v1.99 Detect and remove components that help hijackers change your browser's homepage. HijackThis includes a dozen checks against hijacker tricks. The program does not target specific programs/URLs; instead, it protects you against the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites. The program is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks.

Other Anti-Virus Software Vendors
F-Secure (90 Day Free Trial)
McAfee (90 Day Free Trial)
Panda Software (90 Day Free Trial)
Symantec (90 day Free Trial)
 
Trend Micro (90 Day Free Trial)  
Trend Micro™ Anti-Spyware for the Web Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web is a free online tool that checks computers for spyware, and helps remove any infections found.

Tools to Help Fix Virus Problems

  
Microsoft Blaster Worm Removal Tool
for Windows XP and Windows 2000 (Free)		 A situation has been identified where the Blaster worm could have infected some systems before the application of MS03-026 [KB823980] or MS03-039 [KB824146]. This tool will help remove the Blaster worm from these systems. For systems with MS03-026 [KB823980] or MS03-039 [KB824146] already installed, no further action is needed once this tool is installed. Install this tool to help remove this worm from your PC
Microsoft Code Red II Cleaner (Free) This tool was developed by Microsoft to eliminate the obvious damage that is caused by the Code Red II worm. This tool does not apply the patch that prevents future infection. You must install the patch on vulnerable systems.
Microsoft Ject Payload Detection and
Removal Tool (Free)		 This tool will help to remove the malicious software delivered by the Download.Ject Trojan. Once the tool has run--after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted--it will let you know if your computer has been infected. If your computer is infected, the tool will remove the malicious software that Download.Ject put on your computer.
Microsoft Mydoom, Zindos, and Doomjuice
Worm Removal Tool (Free)		 This tool helps to remove the Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, Mydoom.E, Mydoom.F, Mydoom.G, Mydoom.J, Mydoom.L, Mydoom.O, Zindos.A, Doomjuice.A, and Doomjuice.B worms from infected systems.
Microsoft Sasser (A-F) Worm Removal Tool (Free) This tool will help to remove the Sasser (A-F) worm from infected systems. Once the tool has run—after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted—it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted worms that are found.