Stand alone virus scanner

Tomtom3989

Tomtom3989

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Hello,
I don't have an installed virus scanner, because i use noscript on sites that i don't trust and have no reason to really.
However i ocassionally download files that i would like to just scan for reassurance (i.e. such as mods or torrents)

Is there a virus scanner utility thing that doesn't need to be installed (like gpu-z or coretemp) but i can use to scan specific files.

Hope that makes sense and thanks for any help
 
I would suggest having an installed one or several.

Malwarebytes suggested, said to work well with Microsoft Security essentials.

But, if you wish for stand alone, look for portable versions that can run off of memory sticks.
 
Eset and Trend Micro both do online scanners. You install a small program and it scans your whole PC.

Though to be honest I don't see why you woulnt run a resident AV. They are generally very low impact on your system, and you get such cool features as automatic scan of new or changed files etc.
 
I may just install Microsoft Security essentials, But Thanks for the input.
Just wanted to know if there was such a thing because you can't always find the right thing when googling

Tom
 
Tom, a word of advice.

Install more than just MSE, a mix of programs can cover things the others miss.
I have MBAM and MSE.
 
Yea i just installed MSE
Iv got enough experience to know not what do on the internet (by finding out the hard way), and now if i believe i've got even a 1% chance of having a virus i'll do a complete format which i havent had to do for years, i just do it now for hardware upgrades.
I just wanted to know if a stand-alone virus scanner existed, but i doesn't matter now i got the best of both worlds.
Thanks for all your input.
 
The only truly standalone virus scanner I know of is the Rescue CD made by Avira. It is a boot CD which scans your entire HDD. Downside is you need to download the latest version each time you need to use it, and of course you cannot just scan individual files within Windows.

MSE is very good, and if you run Windows 7 it is very good with resources. Having MBAM is a very good partner to MSE, as MSE [and other AVs] regularly ignore a lot of malware that MBAM will happily get rid of for you. :)
 
will1b said:
I would suggest having an installed one or several.
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Just to clarify.. it's OK to have both an antivirus and anti-malware software, but not recommended to run two antivirus programs at the same time. They can conflict with one another :)
 
Mattus said:
Just to clarify.. it's OK to have both an antivirus and anti-malware software, but not recommended to run two antivirus programs at the same time. They can conflict with one another :)
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+1

I saw a review a few weeks back about the new Avast version (6?) being lighter on system resources than any competitor. I use Avast 5 on my Windows install at the min, works fine and doesn't seem to sap performance noticeably.
 
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