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Windows Defender Offline
April 17, 2012Novirusthanks.org freeware
December 19, 2011Dealing with Malware that Hides Programs the Start Menu and in Windows Explorer
October 24, 2011I recently had a client’s PC get infected by some malware that removed all of their programs from the start menu as well as making all files invisible in Windows Explorer.
I ran almost every antimalware program I could think of trying to remove this infection. I even went all the way back to Spybot Search and Destroy, Surprisingly, Spybot did find things that the other scanners did not. I will not be so quick to discount it as too old in the future.
Malwarebytes would not install on this system, I thought the ma;ware was preventing installation. As it turns out, I needed to install with the “Run as administrator” option. This option did not exist on the XP system I was working on. Further research indicated that the option had to be enabled. I found a Microsoft FixIt tool here, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294676, that will do the job.
Also, I found another useful tool called Unhide.exe that will reverse the changes made by the malware that cause the start menu and Windows Explorer items to disappear. Unhide can be downloaded from here, http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe
The original links can be found here:
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=85715&st=0&p=434006&#entry434006
Bit Defender Top 100 Malware Removal Tool
August 6, 2011Free ESET Antivirus Tools and Utilities
November 21, 2010Free Antivirus and anti-malware software
March 2, 2009MicroWorld Free AntiVirus – Can be run from CD. Can also be run when another AV program is already installed.
Free VIPRE Rescue Program
January 30, 2009Spyware Tools And Resources
December 9, 2008Computer Associates Spyware Scanner
Dealing With Unwanted Spywarre And Parasites
EMI Software – Freeware and Trial Versions
F-Secure Exploit Shield – Beta
Norton AntiBot – Not Free
PC Tools Alternate Operating System Scanner
