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Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?

Posted: 01-03-2009, 03:05 PM
PSiegmann@mail.nu
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I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.

I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.

With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
(I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
and never got an alaram)

I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.

So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
file.

So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.

Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?

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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-03-2009, 03:39 PM
PSiegmann@mail.nu <PSiegmann@mail.nu> wrote:
>
> I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.
>
> I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
> background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
> need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
> activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.
>
> With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
> (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
> and never got an alaram)
>
> I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
> and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
> currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
> that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
> but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
> active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.
>
> So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
> scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
> and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
> protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
> file.
>
> So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
> no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
> that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.
>
> Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?
>
I'd just continue using the online scanners if you are happy with that. I
use them every couple of months or so, just in case. I find the ESET and
Ewido (now AVG) online scanners to be the best ones. Do you know of any
that you think are better?

When you have any dodgy 'shareware' that you want to check, try this online
scanner. It's good, as it uses all the popular scanning engines:
VirusTotal

http://www.virustotal.com/

ss.


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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-03-2009, 03:43 PM
Do you know what virus are probaly not. You can get a virus from just
visiting a web site. I did a couple of weeks ago from Microsoft Download
Center website but my virus software caught it and took care of it. So in
this case you must not surf the web that much. And for your question i do
not know of any scanners for just scanning feature.

<PSiegmann@mail.nu> wrote in message
news:331cdb0d-38e9-4750-9b88-8cf9636815c9@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.
>
> I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
> background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
> need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
> activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.
>
> With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
> (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
> and never got an alaram)
>
> I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
> and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
> currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
> that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
> but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
> active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.
>
> So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
> scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
> and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
> protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
> file.
>
> So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
> no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
> that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.
>
> Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?
>
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John Barnes
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-04-2009, 03:04 PM
There are no viruses on the Microsoft Download website. If your software
caught it, it was a false alarm.

"none" <personal@nospamwanted.net> wrote in message
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> Do you know what virus are probaly not. You can get a virus from just
> visiting a web site. I did a couple of weeks ago from Microsoft Download
> Center website but my virus software caught it and took care of it. So in
> this case you must not surf the web that much. And for your question i do
> not know of any scanners for just scanning feature.
>
> <PSiegmann@mail.nu> wrote in message
> news:331cdb0d-38e9-4750-9b88-8cf9636815c9@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>>I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.
>>
>> I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
>> background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
>> need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
>> activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.
>>
>> With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
>> (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
>> and never got an alaram)
>>
>> I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
>> and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
>> currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
>> that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
>> but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
>> active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.
>>
>> So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
>> scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
>> and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
>> protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
>> file.
>>
>> So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
>> no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
>> that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.
>>
>> Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?
>>
>
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-04-2009, 04:27 PM
John Barnes wrote:
> There are no viruses on the Microsoft Download website.
There's spyware. It's called the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, pure
and unadulterated spyware.

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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just ascanner?
Posted: 01-05-2009, 05:27 PM
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:27:00 +0100, Alias wrote:
> John Barnes wrote:
>> There are no viruses on the Microsoft Download website.
>
> There's spyware. It's called the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, pure
> and unadulterated spyware.
>
> Alias
One reason I left Windows. I did boot up Windows yesterday to change a
fat32 disk label to something I wanted. Linux security prevented me from
doing that in Gparted.

After using the Windows file manager for a few minutes I could not wait to
reboot and get back to Linux. Windows is crap compared to Linux.
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-05-2009, 05:31 PM
measekite wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:27:00 +0100, Alias wrote:
>
>> John Barnes wrote:
>>> There are no viruses on the Microsoft Download website.
>> There's spyware. It's called the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, pure
>> and unadulterated spyware.
>>
>> Alias
>
> One reason I left Windows. I did boot up Windows yesterday to change a
> fat32 disk label to something I wanted. Linux security prevented me from
> doing that in Gparted.
>
> After using the Windows file manager for a few minutes I could not wait to
> reboot and get back to Linux. Windows is crap compared to Linux.
WGA and WGA/N are the main reasons I checked out Linux in the first
place. Once I installed Linux and realized that it is very user
friendly, I was very pleased. I was also very pleased at the fact that
it is much easier to install and update than Windows. Add the FACT that
there are no viruses or malware in the wild for Linux and I was sold.

Alias
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russmeister
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-04-2009, 07:00 PM

I understand your question Kapersky has a good free online scanner wit
tools available incase you do get infected. i too shut down my Av unles
iam going to d/l a soft or something. You save the link to desktop t
scan whenever you wish and it allows you to scan 1 file at a time if yo
wis

none;928222 Wrote:
> Do you know what virus are probaly not. You can get a virus from jus
> visiting a web site. I did a couple of weeks ago from Microsof
> Downloa
> Center website but my virus software caught it and took care of it. S
> i
> this case you must not surf the web that much. And for your question
> d
> not know of any scanners for just scanning feature
>
> <PSiegmann@xxxxxx> wrote in messag
> news:331cdb0d-38e9-4750-9b88-8cf9636815c9@xxxxxx> > >
> > >I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner
> >
> > > I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall an
> > > background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don'
> > > need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow ever
> > > activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software
> >
> > > With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years
> > > (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure
> > > and never got an alaram
> >
> > > I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some sharewar
> > > and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I hav
> > > currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with al
> > > that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off
> > > but it stills installs a special background service which needs to b
> > > active, without it, it won't even scan one single file
> >
> > > So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I nee
> > t
> > > scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moan
> > > and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real tim
> > > protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly th
> > > file
> >
> > > So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run
> > > no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just
> > scanne
> > > that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes
> >
> > > Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS
> > > >
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanner?
Posted: 01-03-2009, 04:19 PM
Try the free version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware from
http://www.malwarebytes.org/. I use it offline and like it a lot.

<PSiegmann@mail.nu> wrote in message
news:331cdb0d-38e9-4750-9b88-8cf9636815c9@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.
>
> I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
> background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
> need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
> activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.
>
> With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
> (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
> and never got an alaram)
>
> I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
> and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
> currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
> that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
> but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
> active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.
>
> So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
> scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
> and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
> protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
> file.
>
> So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
> no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
> that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.
>
> Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?
>
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Re: Does some one knows a good virus scanner that is just a scanne
Posted: 01-03-2009, 08:51 PM
Malwarebytes is not a virus scanner!
--
Mad Mike


"rak" wrote:
> Try the free version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware from
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/. I use it offline and like it a lot.
>
> <PSiegmann@mail.nu> wrote in message
> news:331cdb0d-38e9-4750-9b88-8cf9636815c9@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> > I am looking for a good virus scanner that is just that: A scanner.
> >
> > I don't need a big suite that with an integrated firewall and
> > background scanning and real time protection and what not. I don't
> > need all these things since I patch regulary and don't allow every
> > activeX applet to run and don't download dodgy software.
> >
> > With that practice I never caught a virus in in the last five years.
> > (I run every four months a few online virus scanners just to be sure,
> > and never got an alaram)
> >
> > I just need a scanner because sometimes I want to try some shareware
> > and want to scan the installation file first. For that, I have
> > currently AVG (free edition) installed but that thing comes with all
> > that annoying real time protection baggage, I turned everything off,
> > but it stills installs a special background service which needs to be
> > active, without it, it won't even scan one single file.
> >
> > So, my current practice is to deactivate this service, until I need to
> > scan a file, then I reactivate the AVG service, open up AVG, it moans
> > and groans about all the deactivated background scan- and real time
> > protection options yawwwnn... and only then I can scan finaly the
> > file.
> >
> > So, all I want is just a scanner. with no services that need to run,
> > no real time protection, no e-mail scanning no nothing. Just a scanner
> > that I can fire up on will to scan a file sometimes.
> >
> > Does such a scanner still exists? Or did they die together with DOS?
> >
>
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