The purpose of our Anti-Trojan Guide is to provide information about software that detects Trojan horses, removes them and repairs damage caused by them. An anti-Trojan product should be used in addition to, but not instead of, anti-virus software. After installing anti-Trojan software, immediately check for updates at the vendor's site and turn on the auto update feature (if it has one).

Articles

• Pestware 101, Intranet Journal Staff, Small Business Computing, October 28, 2003
• Do look this gift horse in the mouth, Douglas Schweitzer, Computerworld, March 17, 2003
• Trojan Horse Technology Exploits IE, Kim Zetter, PC World, August 5, 2002
• Klez: The Virus That Won't Die, Andrew Brandt, PC World, August 1, 2002. "Klez is a blended threat which is software that distributes itself like a virus, and behaves sometimes like a worm and at other times like a Trojan horse."
• Combatting NonViral Malware, Trojans, sniffers and spyware, oh my! Jay Heiser, Information Security, May 2002
• Will 2002 be the year of the Trojan horse? Robert Vamosi, CNet, February 6, 2002

Comparative Reviews

• Bigger Threats, Better Defense, Mary Landesman, PC World, May 11, 2004, includes anti-trojan testing of Eset NOD32, Grisoft AVG, McAfee, Panda, Norton & PC-cillin

• Best Anti-Trojan Programs -- top six out of forty-two are TDS-3 for experienced users, Trojan Hunter for most users, plus PestPatrol, Tauscan, BoClean and The Cleaner, Tech Support Alert, last updated September 2003.
• The "Real world" anti-Trojan tools comparison -- Dr Web, Kaspersky Antivirus, NOD32, Norton Anitvirus, The Cleaner, TDS, Tauscan, Pestpatrol, PC DoorGuard, Digital Patrol, TrojanHunter, TrojanRemover, AntiTrojan & Antiy Ghostbusters, PC Flank, July 4, 2002
• Trojan Defense -- Anti-Trojan, Antiy Ghostbusters, Digital Patrol, Pest Patrol, Tauscan, TDS-3 & Trojan Remover, Craig Ellison, PC Magazine, June 11, 2002
• Wilders.org review of BOClean, PestPatrol, Tauscan, The Cleaner, TDS-3 & Trojan Hunter

Anti-Trojan Freeware & Free Online Services

• a2 free download
• GFI TrojanScan online
• PC Flank Trojans Test online
• See our Anti-Virus page for links to anti-virus freeware and online services.

Anti-Trojan Payware

• a2 personal, $30, 30 day free trial, includes scanner, cleaning engine, background guard, advanced IDS, system firewall, analysis tools, and automatic update
  • PC Flank review, Andrew Cooper
• BOClean, $40, Privacy Software Corporation
  • Trojans, Gary Flynn (he likes BOClean), James Madison University
• The Cleaner, 30 day free trial, $30, MooSoft
  • Here's a little advice to help you defeat the Internet's leading Trojan horse viruses (they like "The Cleaner"), S. McClure & J. Scambray, Security Watch, InfoWorld, December 1, 2000
• Digital Patrol, Proantivirus Lab, $25
• PC DoorGuard, AstonSoft, 30 day free trial, $30.
• PestPatrol, free trial, $30.
  • PC Flank review, Andrew Cooper
  • Scott Finnie Newsletter review, May 13, 2003
  • Pest Exterminator (pdf), Sheryl Cramer, Law Office Computing, Feb/March 2003
  • CNet review, Neil Randall, December 2, 2002
  • Keeping It Clean, Chad Todd, MS CPM Online, October 2002
• Security Task Manager -- Use to find out what processes are running behind the scenes in Windows and their security risks, $30.
• Tauscan, 30 day free trial, $30, Agnitum; also take a look at Jammer.
• Trojan Defense Suite (TDS-3), 30 day free trial, $60au, about $40us, Diamond Computer; also take a look at their Wormguard product.
  • Taking Trojans Seriously: TDS-3 and Port Explorer, Robert Rice, Oklahoma City PC Users Group, October 2003
• Trojan Hunter, Mischel Internet Security, $35
• Trojan Remover, Simply Super Software, $25, free trial available.

Trojan Horse Detection Tests

• Hints for determining the credibility of anti-Trojan tests, DiamondCS
• Trojan Checkmark test results.
• Hackfix.org
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