Standalone Scanners

hi, i really like standalone programs, so would like to have a thread, like this, mentioning all the good standalone scanners. here are some i know of. can you add to the list? thanks.

i think the main thing, is the programs are standalones i.e. the whole program is contained, and run, within one folder and isn't installed in to the registry. so, if what i, or someone else, gives isn't strictly a scanner that's not a problem; but, giving an install would be

Jpeg Scan

nice because you can have it in explorer (right-click)
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/jpegscan/

Virus Trap

i believe this is still used but, is incorporated in to one of DiamondCS big programs.
http://www.klitetools.com/comments.php?catid=46&shownews=877

a-squared HiJackFree

http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356&displaylang=en

CWShredder

only use the fix option if you have an infection it can remove, so do the scan only scan first.
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/
CWShredder (Last Merijn Version) 159.1
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

avast! Virus Cleaner

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_cleaner.html

X-Cleaner

this has been removed from Snapfiles. but, i downloaded the latest version and scanned it with a couple of scanners and it was clean. if there's a reason it shouldn't be on this list i'll remove it.
http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.php

McAfee AVERT Stinger

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

GDI Scan

http://isc.sans.org/gdiscan.php

kproccheck

Note: This Proof-of-Concept code may crash the system. Use at your own risk and on test machines only. Thanks to Microsoft Online Crash Service team for pointing this out.
for advanced users
http://www.security.org.sg/code/kproccheck.html

Frisk

for advanced users
http://sourceforge.net/projects/frisk

rkdetector
it searches for hidden processes (e.g. rootkits). it's run from cmd.exe if you need help running it ask
i can't find where to download it, but if you downloaded Frisk it is in one of it's folders. it's in this folder Frisk\FRISK\Plugins\rkdetector.exe

F-Secure BlackLight (Beta Release)

http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/cure.shtml

Sysclean
a nice virus scanner, i'm 99% sure this is the right download page, but i'm not sure which file you should download. i just downloaded the Trend Micro customers version because i didn't see the other version - If you are not a Trend Micro customer please download the following file. oh, while i have been writing this the scan has stopped, so i suppose you should download the "If you are not a Trend Micro customer" file if you are not a customer.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp
you can update it by going to the following page.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

HijackThis

for advanced users
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

eScan - Microworld Antivirus Toolkit Utility

this is a very powerful scanner; however, it just scans and reports and doesn't clean, it's still very good if it shows you something other tools miss.
http://www.mwti.net/products/mwav/mwav.asp

Trend Micro™ Anti-Spyware

http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/

ApiHookCheck

it's abit complicated; you have to use this command to save the report - apihookcheck>apihookcheck.html for it's second running use this command apihookcheck>apihookcheck2.html third running apihookcheck>apihookcheck3.html
etc etc if there's an easier way let me know thanks
http://www.security.org.sg/code/apihookcheck.html

RootkitRevealer

http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/rootkitrevealer.html

some of the programs, mainly the ones i put advanced next to, can be abit difficult to run, they might have to be run from the command line (Start>run>cmd) if you need help ask and i'm sure someone will help you.
please add to the list. thank you.

EDIT if you think you might have problems trying to run the programs that use cmd.exe (kproccheck and rkdetector) you can make a copy (keep one copy somewhere where you will find it to remind you you have it ) of the .exe file and put one copy here C:\WINDOWS\system32 this is for XP, ask for the place you need to put it if you use something else. then go Start>run>cmd click OK. then to run kproccheck just type kproccheck in the dos box and that should do it. if you want to save the results type kproccheck>kproccheck.txt then go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and you should find kproccheck.txt. the same goes for rkdetector, just make sure you put a copy in C:\WINDOWS\system32

the same appies to ApiHookCheck, put a copy in C:\WINDOWS\system32 and the command you put in the dos box is apihookcheck>apihookcheck.html because it saves the results as html, then go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and you should find a file called apihookcheck.html it looks much better then a txt file so try it out

to make it easier to copy and paste in the command window (dos box) open cmd, when it's open, at the top left corner, were the icon for cmd is http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5773/cmd2dx.jpg click it and go Properties>Options tab>and check the "QuickEdit Mode" box. see screenshot. now you can copy and paste "kproccheck>kproccheck.txt" or "apihookcheck>apihookcheck.html" to the command window. Good Luck, command can be a nightmare if you are fairly new

 

Another good list of programs from you - a lot of work as well. I like the Virus Trap program.

 

Hi, Ice60

Thats a very good list. Rkdetector can be found @ www.rkdetector.com , however McAfee is detecting this program as keylog-HKH, but i uploaded it at Jottis and it scans found nothing! Also i visited the link for Frisk, but im still not sure what frisk is? Thanks again for taking the time to put the list together.
Regards Tom

 

Absolutely nice post!