| Type | Cost | Value | Description | URL |
|---|
| Online Publication | shareware/freeware | | [WINClean]Universal Boot CD
At this site you can download the software that allows you to build a boot
CD and refresh the virus scan software prior to the build. I don't think
the interface is all that intuitive, but once you have the CD burned, you
can get rid of a bunch of nasty stuff using the antispyware and antivirus
tools. Trouble is that you probably won't be able to clean everything up
using just this tool.
| http://www.ubcd4win.com/ |
| Online Publication | shareware/freeware | | [WINClean] Housecall
Once you've done enough that the boot CD reports no problems, then there is
Housecall from TrendMicro:
| http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/ |
| Online Publication | shareware/freeware | | [WINClean] HijackThis
Finally, diligent and intelligent use of HijackThis, another Trend tool,
will get the machine clean if you know what you're doing. Problem is, most
users don't.
| http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis |
| Online Publication | shareware/freeware | | [WINClean] Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 (2010)| CPR for your computer.
Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.4 it has an easy to use scrollable text menu that allows anyone who masters a keyboard and some English to perform maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning.
http://trinityhome.org/ | http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12 |
| Online Publication | shareware/freeware | | [WINClean] Clonezilla - a free (GPL) software disaster recovery, disk cloning disk imaging solution and deployment solution:
'Clonezilla Live' enables a user to clone a single computer's storage media, or a single partition on the media, to a separate medium device. The cloned data can be saved as an image-file or as a duplicated copy of the data. The data can be saved to locally attached storage device, a SSH server, Samba Server or a NFS file-share. The clone file can then be used to restore the original when needed.
http://clonezilla.net/ | http://clonezilla.net/ |
| Contract Service | free trial version | $140 | [WINClean] RecoveryMechanic
'I looked at Recovery Mechanic - it looks pretty good and even has a free trial/download... The overview says it will list the files that can be recovered - I'm sure to actually recover the files it will cost a license
($140).' http://recoverymechanic.com/ | http://recoverymechanic.com/ |