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The online services list has been made in order for you to quickly and easily access free online services. The top choices will be tagged with recommended so that you know it is the best choice based on member and technician reviews.
Computer Scanners
These are all free online services that you can use to help identify and clean out infections that may be present in your computer system.
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| ewido Anti-Malware
| recommended - With the help of the ewido online scanner you can scan and clean your computer from malware without having to install additional software on your computer. Internet Explorer only - requires ActiveX
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| Windows Live OneCare
| recommended - Windows Live OneCare safety scanner is a free service designed to help ensure the health of your PC.
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| Malicious Software Removal tool
| The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.
Microsoft releases an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month, and as needed to respond to security incidents. The tool is available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.
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| Trend Micro HouseCall 6.6
| HouseCall is a FREE Web-based tool designed to scan your PC for a wide range of Internet security threats including viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware. It also detects system vulnerabilities and provides a link so you can easily download missing security patches. After each scan, HouseCall delivers a detailed report, which identifies security threats detected on your computer.
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| Trend Micro Housecall 6.5
| Trend Micro HouseCall is an application for checking whether your computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection.
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| BitDefender Online Scanner
| BitDefender Online Scanner is an on-demand virus scanner which incorporates the award-winning BitDefender scanning engines. You can use it to scan your system's memory, all files and drives' boot sectors, and to automatically clean infected files.
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| McAfee FreeScan
| McAfee FreeScan helps you detect thousands of viruses on your computer. Based on the award-winning McAfee VirusScan engine, FreeScan searches for viruses, including the latest known "in the wild" viruses, and displays a detailed list of any infected files. Should viruses be found, FreeScan even provides links to more information about the viruses and what you can do to clean your system.
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| CA's eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
| A fast, easy to use antivirus tool capable of detecting and cleaning the latest viruses, trojans and worms from within your web browser. The software is free of charge, and requires no additional components. All that is required for the use of the web scanner is an Internet connection, and Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4 or later. Listed below are detailed instructions outlining the use of the web scanner.
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| Panda Trojan Scan
| Free online antivirus to combat viruses, spyware and other Internet threats.
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Firewall Tests
Use these tests to determine if any vulnerabilities exist in your firewall. It is recommended that you use all of these Firewall tests to get an overall view of potential vulnerabilities.
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| PC Flank
| The goal of PC Flank is to make your interactions on the Internet safe and private. Our main concern is to help protect your computer from Internet viruses and attacks by hackers (more properly called 'crackers').
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Image Hosting
Host all your images using any of these free services. For an excellent "how to" on taking a screenshot and using a image hosting service to post a screenshot.
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| KwikPiks
| recommended - You can use KwikPiks.com for hosting your images for use on forums, websites, and whatever else you want. The only rules - nothing copyrighted allowed. You've got one strike in that department.
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| Xs.to
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| ImageShack
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| TinyPic
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| Photobucket
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Internet Information
This is great for finding information on both IP addresses and web site information.
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| DomainTools
| DomainTools is useful if you want to check to see if a website is safe to visit. Just put in the IP address or URL where it says Name Spinner. A screen shot of the website will appear with vital information such as if the webpage has been blacklisted for any reason.
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| DNSstuff
| This is useful in tracking down the location of an IP address, URL, or to check out the information of a particular website. It will also determine the source of suspicious email.
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Malware Information
If you would like to learn about what the virus scanners detected on you computer or learn about a specific way to neutralize a nasty one click on any of the links below.
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| Malware Removal
| recommended - Malware Removal University - Teaching people to be able to support those with infected computers - Teaching them to never give up till you are safely clean.
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| F-Secure Spyware Description Database
| This center is administered by the F-Secure Anti-Spyware Support Team. The database is updated several times a week. This site is considered the industry standard source for up-to-date information on new spyware alerts. Spyware descriptions are arranged in alphabetical order.
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| Symantec Attack Signature
| Symantec security products include an extensive database of attack signatures. An attack signature is a unique arrangement of information that can be used to identify an attacker's attempt to exploit a known operating system or application vulnerability. When Intrusion Detection detects an attack signature, it displays a Security Alert.
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| Symantec Security Response Glossary
| The glossary contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response Web site.
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Office Services
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| Thinkfree Office beta
| ThinkFree is the most comprehensive online office productivity solution available today. ThinkFree products are platform independent (works on Windows, Apple, Linux) and include ThinkFree Write (word-processing), ThinkFree Calc (spreadsheet), and ThinkFree Show (presentation) - applications that are round-trip compatible with Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls, .ppt).
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| Dictionary.com
| Online dictionary.
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| Thesaurus.com
| Online thesaurus.
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| Reference.com
| Online reference.
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| Wikipedia
| Online encyclopedia.
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| SDL Free Translation
| Translate text to other languages.
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Safer Surfing
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| SiteAdvisor
| Automated testers continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and sign-up for things with e-mail addresses. As you search, browse, download or register online, SiteAdvisor's safety ratings help you stay safe and in control.
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