TrojanHunter?

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by hangfire, Jul 29, 2017.

  1. hangfire

    hangfire Registered Member

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    What is with TrojanHunter, no updates since April-17 and cannot purchase any more??
     
  2. hayc59

    hayc59 Updates Team

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    I e-mailed the owner several months ago and have not heard a word...
    lets hope he is ok!
     
  3. guest

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    Yeah, after clicking on "Buy now" i see a blank page :cautious:
    But the program is still available (Trojan Hunter v6.2 - Digital Signature: August 28, 2016)
     
  4. NormanF

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    Its not being updated anymore. This forum should be archived since anti-trojan software has been incorporated into AV and AM products.

    Specialized anti-trojan software today is redundant.
     
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  6. hangfire

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    Hope things are good with owner.
     
  7. hayc59

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    I think we should find out if he is doing ok first...he is a real good dude
     
  8. hangfire

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    Any TrojanHunter users in the forum? Seems that is forgotten?
     
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    Website is gone.
     
  10. G1111

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    In its heyday Magnus Mischel was the owner and Gavin Coe from DiamondCS went to work for him. Updates were daily. Then Gavin left and Mischel I believe sold TH. It went from a lifetime license to yearly subscription. It went by the wayside as most dedicated anti-trojans. The only one that I know evolved was A-squared which became Emsisoft. I stopped using TH after the yearly subscription fee started.
     
  11. Rainwalker

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    Jezzz, that sure brings back memories. DiamondCS was really something in it's day, as were a few others once upon a time.
     
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    Hi G1111,
    How do you know that Gavin went to work for TH? I often asked myself where Gavin went to; I wasn't able to contact him.
     
  14. NiteRanger

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    Is it better than SuperAntiSpyware Pro?

    Thanks
     
  15. G1111

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    He would answer questions on TH forum and post the updates. If I recall correctly Magnus introduced him as an employee. One day he was gone from TH with no explanation why he left.
     
  16. FanJ

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    Argh, I had forgotten Gavin's postings at the TH forum. It's been "some" time ago that that forum existed. "Senior moment" by me, my bad, sorry!
     
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    Brings back memories though of ProcessGuard/DiamondCS and Wayne, Gavin and Jason. Wonder where they are at now.
     
  18. roger_m

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    Yes it is. Its detection rate is not that good. But it is designed to pick up things other scanners fail to detect or remove and suspicious changes to the system.
    I will probably but a license when I can afford to.

    I posted about it at MalwareTips a while ago.
     
  19. markclemnh

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    I must've used Trojan Hunter for nearly 15 years. I put many a client onto a combination of Trojan Hunter and Malwarebytes; along with having either Windows Security Essentials (Pre Windows 10 days); then Windows Defender (Post Windows 10 release).

    I had the annual fee for the technician's license; along with several active license for clients. THEN, after it went to a lifetime license - I got clients onto that.

    Back in 2016, I noticed no new definition updates. Still shocked that the software isn't around any more.

    Have been putting people on BitDefender (not the rogue alleged anti-malware named ByteDefender, not to fear!). Thing is, if a person's or company's computer isn't at least 1.7 or 1.8 GHZ, forget it! Put them into Malwarebytes and call it a day basically. BitDefender requires no less than 1.5 GHZ - best to overshoot that number some; then have Malwarebytes for those not making that cut-off.
     
  20. bellgamin

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    @ all - Does anyone remember the name of the fellow who started A-squared?

    @ Roger - Since you said that Trojan Remover is "not that good", I can't help but wonder why you want to buy it. :cautious:
     
  21. stapp

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    Do you mean Christian Mairoll ?
     
  22. roger_m

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    @bellgamin The detection rate from signatures is not very good, but it doesn't seem to have any issues with false positives. But, on the the other hand it's quite good at detecting unwanted changes to a system. For that reason, I think its work buying, to support the developer.
     
  23. bellgamin

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    No, I don't think so. I dug around a bit in Wilders Archives & found some info.

    The Predecessor to A-squared & Emsisoft was a program called ANTS -- back in 2000-2001-2002--2003 when Paul Wilders still posted (just 1 of several examples at HERE). Ants was created by Andreas Haak who evolved it to A2, later called A-squared. I *think* he sold his stuff to Christian Mairoll & Emsisoft.

    Andreas was a trailblazer. Posted often at Wilders. Sometimes ascerbic but always fun & educational to read. Yet another golden oldie of ancient Wilder archives was BOClean.

    IMO this forum is a tad milder now than back in them thar good 'ol daze. Seeing FanJ posting here brought back lots of fond memories --- like when LowWaterMark (LWM himself) posted from time to time. Ah... I just remembered -- in those days, Wilders had its own download zone, affixed to these forums, where you could download ANTS & several other peachy security apps that were in favor with Paul Wilders. NOD32 & several other now-prominent security apps rose to notoriety because Paul Wilders let them have forums here. Many security apps that dared to innovate & try new approaches came to Wilders for their shakedown/beta cruises.

    Wilders forums blazed the trail of security in general, & security forums in particular. We all owe a lot to Paul Wilders, LWM, Stapp, ronjor, JRViejo, & all the others who have kept this forum alive, free to use, and free of trolls for all these years.

    Grace & peace to all,
    bellgamin
     
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