Note that due to the nature of some of the more specialized tools, some of these links are likely to become invalid rather rapidly. Site contents are subject to change on a very regular basis and typically will be expanding.
Online scanning tools
| http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner | Kaspersky online scanner links. One will do a system scan and another allows select file(s) to be scanned. Crapware removal must be done manually however. |
| http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ | Trend Micro online scanner |
| Panda online scan | Panda Software online scan |
Local scanning tools.
| http://www.kaspersky.com | Kaspersky anti-virus. Has an option, that when enabled, makes it rather aggressive towards crapware. |
| http://www.lavasoftusa.com | Home of Ad-Aware SE. |
| http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html | Home of SpyBot |
| http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder | Bart's PE. Using this tool requires a great deal of knowledge to use effectively. |
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/HijackThis_d3155.html | HiJackThis download from MajorGeeks |
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/SpywareBlaster_d2859.html | Spyware Blaster - prevention rather than cure |
| Sysclean | Stand alone antivirus scanner from TrendMicro |
| http://www.silentrunners.org | Silent runners - an alternate startup scanning tool |
| Killbox | This tool allows, among other things, the ability to delete at reboot |
| http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm | Windows 9x/Me oriented tool for correcting Winsock issues. Note that it will work on NT kernels (that also means XP) |
| WinSock XP Fix | XP Specific Winsock repair tool; NOTE that as of XP SP2, the system has an integrated tool for reseting the TCP stack; "netsh winsock reset" |
| Sysinternals | A variety of tools are available here; Regmon, Filemon, Process explorer, Autoruns and a plethora of other handy tools. Note that these tools typically require a good deal of knowledge in order to use effectively |
Highly specialized tools. Use with extreme care since false detection is not unusual and taking action on the wrong thing can be harmful.
| http://skads.org/special/rkfiles.zip | Another Qoologic tool |
McAfee and Symantec removal tools. I've added these here since typically a client running either of these products that has been compromised can not otherwise gracefully uninstall Symantec or McAfee. And typically they must be uninstalled before it's possible to actually gain control of the machine.
| McAfee Removal tool | McAfee product removal |
| Symantec Removal tool | Symantec/Norton removal tool |