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Nerdtalker
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Compilation of Malware/AV Repair Tools for USB Flash Drive

For a while now, I've maintained a set of tools that I use on a USB flash drive for repairing/cleaning/doing work on computers.

I've seen a few different takes on packages for the same purpose, but I think I've been pretty comprehensive with what I've chosen. I've just finished updating, cleaning, and tidying it all up, so everything should be the latest version.

This thread: »Portable anti-virus kit led me to believe that at least some of you might need or like to try out something quick and already packaged for that purpose. To that end, I've uploaded my take on it.

Details

    •Weighs in at 232 MB extracted
    •RARed to 174 MB
    •MD5SUM: 6f8e8794a67784ee1ded52d1c46cf8f8
    •Download: Here or Here (hopefully more direct) (apologies for this, if somebody knows a better place or wants to host it, fine with me)

Contents

    •Cleaning and Detection

      •AdAware 2007 Installer (requires standalone installation)
      •AutoRuns
      •Avast! 4 Home
      •Avast! Cleaner
      •AVG Free
      •BHO List
      •CCleaner
      •Hijack This
      •KAV Trial
      •KAV CLRAV Standalone Tool
      •McAfee Stinger
      •Sysinternals Rootkit Revealer
      •Spybot S&D (installation and executable)

    •Misc Tools

      •7-Zip Portable
      •CPU-Z
      •Eraser Portable
      •Free Microsoft Tools (eg. Malicious Software Removal)
      •HP Hosts
      •IBProcMan
      •LSP-Fix
      •MD5SUM
      •MVPShosts
      •NetPerSec
      •Netscan
      •Notepad++ Portable
      •Software Firewalls
      •Space Monger
      •Startup Listing
      •The SysInternals Suite
      •Wireless WZC Key Recovery

    •Web Tools

      •Firefox Portable
      •Gaim Portable
      •Off By One (very lightweight HTML browser)
      •Opera Portable
      •FileZilla
      •PuTTY Portable

These tools shouldn't be the end-all for everything, let me know if there's stuff you think I've missed that is absolutely critical for a package like this. I want to keep it somewhat small (already you'll need at least a 256 MB flash drive), but sometimes more is better.

I've done my best to remove stuff that would get me in trouble with licensing (such as Windows Defender). I'm reasonably sure what's left shouldn't pose a problem for redistribution. All the standalone tools should also run from a CD or read-only USB drive, but I've never done so.

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clubs:		 WOW, this is awesome!!

Thanks for the hard work, very nice. I will be using this ASAP!!

Thanks again!
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Nice job. I downloaded and extracted to a CD.

I often get pressed in to troubleshooting other's PC problems and had my own little troubleshooting toolkit. But yours had all of mine and about 80% more as well.

Thanks.
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Nice!

So just to be sure I understand most of those malware tools can be ran directly for the USB drive without installing them , right?

Can the AVs and spybot be ran and updated to latest defs without installing?
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said by Indy Sabre See Profile :

So just to be sure I understand most of those malware tools can be ran directly for the USB drive without installing them , right?
Yes, that's correct. The ones that are really designed for portable use (things like McAfee stinger, Avast! cleaner, e.t.c.) should even work on read-only volumes (eg a write-protected jumpdrive or CD-ROM).

Things like the KAV trial, Avast! 4 Home, or Adaware must be installed. I generally end up doing this on computers that have absolutely no protection, and tell the client to make certain that they register, or malware will probably re-infest their computer. Previously Adware SE used to run for me, but I couldn't figure this latest one out even after some fiddling. All that's on there of Adaware is the installer executable.
said by Indy Sabre See Profile :

Can the AVs and spybot be ran and updated to latest defs without installing?
Well, assuming you're on a USB drive that you can write to, yes. Spybot you can run updates on and those should carry with you on the drive.
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