Portable Antivirus Firewall Category

Norton Security Scan is a Free Anti Virus Scanner made by Symantec. Norton Security Scan is typically used to ensure your PC is protected from common threats. It does this by scanning your computer and identifying any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or trojans if they reside on your PC. This tool is included in the Free Google Pack and the resulting installation directory can be copied to a flashdrive making for a completely portable excellent Virus Scanner.

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Mx One is a FREE Portable Antivirus Solution that includes an installer for USB devices. Mx One uses a very professional looking and intuitive GUI. Virus database and program updates can be performed on or off line. Other key features include live protection where the program is installed (stops viruses from infecting your USB device), the ability to scan a device's boot sector for viruses, ability to send samples of detected viruses, quarantine and of course custom scan capabilities enabling the user to scan remote locations.

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Multi Virus Cleaner is a Free tool that can be used to detect and remove harmful viruses. It can detect over 6,000 common viruses, trojans, worms and dialers, including variations of Bagle, MyDoom and Sober viruses. My Virus Cleaner is typically used by system administrators and users alike to help clean and recover compromised or infected systems. This application needs approximately 4.63MB of free space for stand alone installation.

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RogueRemover is a FREE tool that can be used to easily remove "rogue" antispyware, antivirus, and disk cleaning applications. Rogue applications can contain malware, give erroneous scan results or provide false information about the safety of your computer. This tool will completely remove Rogue applications such as SpyAxe, VirusBlast, VirusBursters, WinAntiSpyware and WinAntiVirus. This Rogue Removal tool requires roughly 1.7MB of free space for stand alone portable installation.

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a-squared HiJackFree is an informative system analysis tool that advanced users and administrators can use to help detect and then remove all types of HiJackers, Spyware, Adware, Trojans and Worms. It can be used to manage autoruns, processes and associated modules, control Browser Plugins, and view al DNS entries. This System Process tool requires 4.4MB of free disk space for installation.

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Sophos Anti-Rootkit is a tool that can be used to discover and remove any rootkit that may reside in a computers running processes, registry or on a local hard drive. A rootkit also known as (Root Kit) is basically a set of tools that are used to conceal a malicious program from the computer user. The Sophos Anti Rootkit makes for a great rootkit removal utility and can be run directly from any portable USB device.

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Dr.WEB CureIt is a FREE stand alone antivirus and antispyware utility that has the ability to quickly scan drives for viruses and if necessary cure an infected computer. It can detect and remove most of the common threats such as worms, E-mail viruses, file viruses, stealth viruses, polymorphic viruses, boiless viruses, keyloggers, dialers, adware, hacktools, backdoors, trojans and more. This application also supports multiple languages if detected via the operating system. Dr.WEB CureIt can be run directly from a portable device.

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McAfee a global leader in antivirus solutions also has their own free AVERT Stinger virus removal tool that can easily be run from a portable USB device. This utility is typically used by users and administrators to help deal with and repair infected computer systems. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

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Avast Virus Cleaner is a FREE virus and worm removal tool that can be installed to and launched directly from a portable USB device. This is a nice tool to have available for those extreme situations when you might encounter an already infected computer. For many common infections a virus or worm can be removed quite easily using this tool. Avast has a solid reputation for outstanding antivirus software.

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No computer should be without good antivirus software. One nice portable Antivirus solution is ClamWin Portable. ClamWin Portable is Free Open Source software that can be installed to a USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or even a CD. You can then take it with you to run from any Windows computer to diagnosing and scan for viruses without leaving any traces behind.

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