Anti-Trojan Software -------------------- Here are reviews of the most popular Anti-Trojan packages. The list also includes various applications (freeware) to help you monitor your computer for ongoing Trojan activities. I suggest you visit the site of every product and decide which one best fits to your needs. Check the links section at the end of the paper to see various sites, providing reviews of the software below. -- TDS-3 -- Trojan Defence Suite (TDS) is a indispensable, must-have software package for protection against trojans. It has many unique functions never seen in other Anti-Trojan packages. The program has really advanced features and if you're a newbie, it will probably take some time before you are able to use the software at its full capacity (read the excellent help files). You can get TDS from http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/ -- LockDown2000 -- This is really good Anti-Trojan package that detects a LOT of trojans and other known as "hacking tools" programs. It will help you monitor your system files for changes, processes and registry modification. More info at its home page. You can get LockDown2000 from http://www.lockdown2000.com -- TFAK5 -- Trojans First Aid Kit is a trojan-scanner developed by SnakeByte. It has many other unique features; it could be used as a Client for various public trojans as well. Download TFAK5 from http://www.snake-basket.de/tfak/TFAK5.zip -- Trojan Remover -- Anti-Trojan software detecting 5468 trojans/worms (including variants) as at 15th August 2002. Systems files and registry monitoring functions are also implemented. More info at its home page: http://www.simplysup.com/tremover/details.html -- Pest Patrol -- A tool that scans for trojans as well as programs known as "hacking tools" and spyware. More info at its official page: http://www.safersite.com/ -- Anti-Trojan 5.5 -- Trojans detection package that is able to remove most of the public trojans out there. More info at its official page: http://www.anti-trojan.net -- Tauscan -- Trojan scanner that has unique features and is a must have. It's also able to detect new and never released to the public trojans. More info at its official page: http://www.agnitum.com/products/tauscan/ -- The Cleaner -- Very popular Anti-Trojan software, known by everyone. Check its home page at: http://www.moosoft.com/ -- PC Door Guard -- Trojan detection software, detecting a lot of trojans, and a monitor of files and directories is also included. More info at: http://www.trojanclinic.com/pdg.html -- Trojan Hunter -- Trojan detection package with a lot of functions. It's very handy. More info at http://www.mischel.dhs.org/trojanhunter.jsp -- LogMonitor -- Log Monitor is a file and directory monitoring tool. The program periodically checks a selected file's modification time and executes an external program if file's time was changed or not changed. For directories it handles such events as files change, addition or removal. I recommend this tool as it's vary handy and will help you a lot. Home page: http://logmon.bitrix.ru/logmon/eng/ -- PrcView -- PrcView is a freeware process viewer utility that shows detailed information about running processes. This information includes such details as the create date/time, the version and full path for each DLL used by a selected process, a list of all threads, memory blocks and heaps. PrcView also allows you to kill and attach a debugger to a selected process. PrcView runs on both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT platforms and includes Windows and command-line versions of the program. Get PrcView from http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm -- XNetStat -- GUI based netstat tool for Windows. It will help you monitor you machine for open ports. Download it from: http://packetstormsecurity.org/Win/netstat.zip -- ConSeal PC FIREWALL -- A really good firewall for advanced users using Windows having basic knowledge of TCP/IP and other protocols; this software will help you to secure your PC a lot. It has some major advantages over other Win based firewalls. For the full range of specifications, check its official web page at: http://www.consealfirewall.com/