Portable AV's for a USB drive?

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  1. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Registered Member

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    Looking to add some portable antiviruses/ multipurpose applications to a USB drive

    lost my old one

    so far I've got:
    TDSSKiller.exe
    SUPERAntiSpyware
    HitmanPro
    rkill
    Emsisoft Emergency Kit
    AVZ4
    JavaRa

    I was also wondering, will TDSSKiller update or do I need to redownload it every time?
     
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  2. J_L

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    From my list:
    http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/
    http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
    http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html
    https://www.botfrei.de/en/decleaner.html
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-gb/default.aspx
    http://www.z-oleg.com/
    http://www.norman.com/Virus/Virus_removal_tools/en
    http://downloadcenter.trendmicro.com/index.php?regs=NABU&clk=latest&clkval=353&lang_loc=1
    http://www.arcabit.com/online_scanner
    http://portableapps.com/apps/security/spybot_portable
    http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable
    http://www.rizone3.com/archives/103

    Multi-scanners:
    http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro
    http://zemana.com/Anti-Malware/
    http://avertsoftware.com/
    http://12bytes.org/software/digital-disease-terminator

    Command-line:
    http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-command-line-scanner-scancl
    http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/cmd/
    http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/
    http://www.virusbuster.hu/en/products/corporate-users/desktop
    http://download.cnet.com/Panda-Antivirus-Command-Line-Scanner/3000-2239_4-10968126.html
    http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/13251.html
    http://www.anti-virus.by/en/vba32check.shtml

    MWAV can also be made portable too, but it's bloated.

    Are you interested in Rescue CDs and Online Scanners as well?
     
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  3. Hungry Man

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    No, online scanners aren't necessary. But security apps in general, such as Spybot S&D which also has the immunize function are welcome.

    Thanks for those by the way.

    edit: Though I don't want to use all of them if there's a ton of overlap. Would it be possible to get a more finely tuned list?
     
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  4. J_L

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  5. Hungry Man

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    Well, for example, Hitman Pro has quite a few scanners built in. So I wouldn't need those, right?
     
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  6. J_L

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    They're actually in the cloud with a 25 mb compressed limit.

    Why don't you tune it yourself?
     
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  8. Hungry Man

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    What do you mean?

    And thanks for the links Chavez.
     
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  9. J_L

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    Hitman Pro scans with heuristics locally, then uploads suspicious files into their cloud to be scanned with multiple engines. Any files, compressed by it, over 25 MB will be skipped.
     
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  10. Hungry Man

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    Ah, I see. Thank you.

    Added Emsisoft. Added AVZ4. Added JavaRa.
     
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  11. n8chavez

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    Keep in mind that JavaRa is not a type of malware scanner; it removes old versions of Java.

    Also TDSSkiller will not auto-update.
     
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  12. Hungry Man

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    When TDSSkiller runs it seems to check for updates.

    Also, I know what JavaRa does. I'm looking for more than just AV's the title is misleading but I edited the first post to reflect this.
     
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  13. n8chavez

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    In that case, you seriously need to check out liberkey.
     
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  14. Hungry Man

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    o_o looks really cool

    I'll give it a try, thank you.
     
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    McAfee Labs Stinger :)
     
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  16. ako

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    From OUR list :D

    P.S. J_L is doing great work indeed!
     
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    Also, MSET and MRT from Microsoft.
     
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  18. Hungry Man

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    Thanks.
     
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    I keep much the same programs on my USB key. One program I recently started using is Roguekiller. Now it is usually one of the first things I run.
     
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  20. J_L

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    You can say my as well, I don't mind since we both manage it. Saying our can cause confusion, but if you insist, I will do so.

    Thanks!
     
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  21. Spooony

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    -http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.14.0.zip
    http://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v140/

    Go here to see how to make a bootable usb from it
     
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  23. Hungry Man

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    My USB isn't bootable. I used to use Hirens when I did have a bottable USB.
     
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  24. carat

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    But you will get an information when a new version is available ;)
     
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  25. RejZoR

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    Best options for portable cleaning are:
    DrWeb CureIt
    Norton Power Eraser
    Comodo Cleaning Essentials (Autoruns, Killswitch and on-demand Comodo scanner)
     
    RejZoR, Jan 7, 2012
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