stinger and HijackThis

Do we still need stinger and HijackThis? They are not updated for long.
Stinger 2.6.0
HijackThis 1.99.1

TIA

Farhan

Mike
Mon Feb 05 15:38:59 CST 2007

That very much depends on whether your system is infected with unwanted
malware or not. HijackThis continues to be a most useful tool.

Stinger. As McAfee say on their web site "Stinger is only updated upon
the discovery of a new Medium or higher threat."
--
Mike Maltby
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Farhan <Farhan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Do we still need stinger and HijackThis? They are not updated for
> long. Stinger 2.6.0
> HijackThis 1.99.1
>
> TIA
>
> Farhan

siljaline
Mon Feb 05 17:11:13 CST 2007

"Farhan" wrote:
> Do we still need stinger and HijackThis? They are not updated for long.
> Stinger 2.6.0
> HijackThis 1.99.1

It is good to have these tools in the event of a virus infection that cannot
be removed by your installed Anti-Virus, *assuming* Stinger supports the
said virus. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

HijackThis needs no updating as it is still current. Many sites host HijackThis
for download - please see: http://www.merijn.org/programs.php#hijackthis

Silj

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Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit.

David
Mon Feb 05 20:04:41 CST 2007

From: "Farhan" <Farhan@discussions.microsoft.com>

| Do we still need stinger and HijackThis? They are not updated for long.
| Stinger 2.6.0
| HijackThis 1.99.1
|
| TIA
|
| Farhan

Neither are needed.

HiJack This is a tool to be used by someone who has a strong understanding of the S and its
intricacies. It is a utility and not an anti malware scanner There are no regular updates.

McAfee Stinger is a narrow spectrum worms detection and removal tool (and a few Trojans).
It shouldn't be used unless you know specifically you are infected by one of the viruses it
actually targets.

If you want a tool that is Broad-Spectrum and gets regular updates, you can try my Multi AV
Scanning Tool. When I say "Broad-Spectrum" I mean thousands of viral and non-viral malware
objects can be found and removed. While stinger only targets ~60 infectors and their
variants, the McAfee module in the Multi AV Scanning Tool has ~225,000 signatures.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

webster72n
Mon Feb 05 20:18:56 CST 2007


It always is good to have more than one opinion on any specific subject, to
obtain that *broad spectrum* view.
Thanks,

Harry.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:%233vrrMZSHHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> From: "Farhan" <Farhan@discussions.microsoft.com>
>
> | Do we still need stinger and HijackThis? They are not updated for long.
> | Stinger 2.6.0
> | HijackThis 1.99.1
> |
> | TIA
> |
> | Farhan
>
> Neither are needed.
>
> HiJack This is a tool to be used by someone who has a strong understanding
of the S and its
> intricacies. It is a utility and not an anti malware scanner There are
no regular updates.
>
> McAfee Stinger is a narrow spectrum worms detection and removal tool (and
a few Trojans).
> It shouldn't be used unless you know specifically you are infected by one
of the viruses it
> actually targets.
>
> If you want a tool that is Broad-Spectrum and gets regular updates, you
can try my Multi AV
> Scanning Tool. When I say "Broad-Spectrum" I mean thousands of viral and
non-viral malware
> objects can be found and removed. While stinger only targets ~60
infectors and their
> variants, the McAfee module in the Multi AV Scanning Tool has ~225,000
signatures.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>