Virus/Malware checking software

[clam1952]

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Here's the link: http://www.file-upload.net/download-963 ... r.zip.html

Beware: According to McAfee Site Advisor, the download is full of spyware and virus's.

McAfee again............. IMO is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, lost count of how many times they report a zipped file as containing malware when it doesn't. Seems pretty clear to me they don't actually check the contents.

Perfectly safe by the way checked it in Linux just in case, nothing other than the normal trainz asset files.

[cyberdonblue]

McAfee again............. IMO is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, lost count of how many times they report a zipped file as containing malware when it doesn't. Seems pretty clear to me they don't actually check the contents.

Perfectly safe by the way checked it in Linux just in case, nothing other than the normal trainz asset files.

I've often had my doubts about McAfee Site Advisor but I've also had my fingers burnt by ignoring it so thanks for checking it out and declaring it safe. I've downloaded the content without problem. What software do you use (Clam1952) to check these things out because, if possible, I'd like to get hold of something reliable that's not going to keeep crying wolf falsely?

Dave

[clam1952]

McAfee again............. IMO is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, lost count of how many times they report a zipped file as containing malware when it doesn't. Seems pretty clear to me they don't actually check the contents.

Perfectly safe by the way checked it in Linux just in case, nothing other than the normal trainz asset files.

I've often had my doubts about McAfee Site Advisor but I've also had my fingers burnt by ignoring it so thanks for checking it out and declaring it safe. I've downloaded the content without problem. What software do you use (Clam1952) to check these things out because, if possible, I'd like to get hold of something reliable that's not going to keeep crying wolf falsely?

Dave

Could be an idea to split this from this thread?

Basically on my PC's, Avast includes a site advisor and will scan inside archives without opening them and Malwarebytes.
I used to remove crap from other peoples infected PC's so have copies of Adaware, Adw Cleaner, a stand alone free copy of Trends Housecall. Stand alone Sofus Virus removal tool, plus a load of other stuff, rootkit removers TDS Scanners and such, similar to what Bleeping Computer use, Bleepingcomputer.com being the number 1 site for getting advice and help removing the unremovable!

There is a Linux version of Avast so I can download to Linux and scan it there with not much chance of a Windows virus or malware doing anything.

[cyberdonblue]

Thanks Clam1952, I'll have a browse at some of those. I've got stuff like CCleaner and Adaware and one or two others but I'd like to find something to do what McAfee Site Adviser does but without the false alarms all the time.

[jack24]

CCleaner is a very good product for getting rid of unwanted files that slow your computer down and, best of all, it's free. I've had it for a pretty long time and it works very well. By the way 100 posts