Si tus amigos se te quejan de que les estás mandando cosas raras, o directamente virus, probablemente estén en lo cierto. Cada vez hay más virus y malware propagándose a través de los programas de mensajería instantánea como Messenger.

MSNCleaner es un programa gratuito que analiza tu PC en busca de todo tipo de malware que se propaga a través de MSN Messenger y Windows Live Messenger entre otros.

Este programa, que no requiere instalación, también se encarga de deshacer entuertos causados por virus como por ejemplo desbloquear Internet Explorer y rehabilitar el Administrador de Tareas, el Panel de Control, Regedit o el Menú Contextual, entre otros.

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Esta herramienta comprueba si en el equipo hay infecciones por software malintencionado específico y predominante (como Blaster, Sasser y Mydoom) y ayuda a quitarlas, si se detecta alguna. Microsoft publicará una versión actualizada de esta herramienta el segundo martes de cada mes.

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RogueRemover description
RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities

RogueRemover is a tool that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers.

The main point is that rogue applications are useless and eat up system resources. RogueRemover has the ability to completely remove WinAntiSpyware/WinAntiVirus, SpyAxe, VirusBlast, VirusBursters and many more!

Simply download RogueRemover from the link below. Unzip to a convenient location such as C:RogueRemover. Navigate to the folder you unzipped the files to and double click on the file named RogueRemover.exe. Finally, select Scan and the program will walk you through the remaining steps.
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Look Trojan Stop description
Detect and Remove Trojan horses, Viruses, Spyware

Look ‘Trojan’ Stop is used to scan and remove trojan horses, viruses, and spyware from your PC, and protect your PC.

You can remove trojan horses, viruses, and spyware from your PC and prevent unwanted software from being installed without your knowledge.Look ‘Trojan’ Stop is a seccurity software that allows you to protect your PC against trojan horses, viruses, and spyware.

Now, start to detect and remove trojan horses, viruses, spyware and monitor system, and network activities from your PC.

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Trend Micro OfficeScan description
This application is a managed antivirus service supporting antivirus / anti spyware / firewall protection.

Offering top-class Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition software, our managed antivirus service protects you against viruses, spyware and other Internet security threats. Malicious web sites are automatically blocked using Trend Micro’s new “Web Reputation” service. Simply install the client software on all your home or business desktops, laptops and servers!

Beyond full antivirus / anti spyware / firewall protection, this program includes access to the unique “Security Center” web portal where you can monitor the update

and security status of all your protected computers. Along with real-time email alerts for all virus detections and updates every 30 minutes, it is simply the best way to manage your antivirus protection from a single point.

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VTE Virus Scanner description
Free and useful antivirus utility that has a very high scan speed and detect most malware

VTE Virus Scanner is a free and useful antivirus utility.

The fastest virus scanner on the market has just gotten a whole lot faster. With a complete engine rewrite, the scan times are now halved, making even quicker scans possible.

The base component of VTE implements a Wide Area Distribution CRC32 Database and a BHO database that currently hosts 344611 unique signatures.

While using the CRC32 method is by no means the most accurate way to detect malware, you will find that most malware (worms, virii, trojans, etc) are still detected when you scan for them.
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Avast Home Edition description
Avast! Home Edition is the free antivirus for home noncommercial use – scans for viruses, worms and Trojans

avast! 4 Home Edition is a free complete ICSA certified antivirus software for home noncommercial use.

avast! obtained VB100% awards in 2002/3 Virus Bulletin comparative reviews under Windows XP Pro and under Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

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Avast Professional Edition description
Complete ICSA certified antivirus package for small office, home office – SOHO

avast! Professional Edition is a complete ICSA certified antivirus package for small office home office use – SOHO.

Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses with Avast! Professional Edition.

avast! 4 Professional Edition is a collection of award winning, high-end technologies that work in perfect synergy, having one common goal: to protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses. It represents a best-in-class solution for any Windows-based workstation. This page demonstrates its most important features and provides links to further resources.
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TRVProtect description
It is a powerful antivirus and anti-spyware protection service and ensures updates every 30 minutes.

TRV Protect, based on Trend Micro’s OfficeScan technology, is a useful and powerful anti virus, firewall and anti spyware protection system.

Officescan is normally reserved to protect Corporate computers. TRV Security offers this excellent protection for your Home of small office PCs and Servers. TRV Protect is a managed security service also offering Outbreak Prevention Protection.

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McAfee AVERT Stinger description
Free stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses

Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses.

McAfee AVERT Stinger is not a substitute for the full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool that assists administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.

Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

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