Anti-Trojan Guide

The purpose of our anti-Trojan guide is to provide information about software that detects Trojan horses, removes them and repairs damage caused by them. Important Tips: An anti-Trojan product should be used in addition to, but not instead of, security suite, anti-virus, anti-spyware or zero-day protection software. After installing anti-Trojan software, immediately check for updates at the vendor's site and turn on the auto update feature (if it has one).

Some anti-virus software products now include anti-spyware and some anti-spyware products have added anti-virus. In addition, some of these products include anti-trojan, anti-worm and other anti-malware features. Before relying on a single security product, carefully review the vendor's list of features and study comparative test results if available. See Editorial - Do you really need a spyware scanner? Gizmo Richards' Support Alert Newsletter, April 17, 2008.

Articles

• Trojan Horses Still Kicking After All These Years, Ryan Singel, Wired, April 24, 2008
• Microsoft: We took out Storm botnet, Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, April 22, 2008

How-To

• Malware Removal and Prevention, Castlecops Wiki, February 2006
• Curing Malware Infections, Laurie Rowell & Dan Bacon, TechBuilder, February 20, 2006
• Removing Stubborn Infectors, Mary Landesman, antivirus.about.com, February 3, 2006

Comparative Reviews

• Optix Faceoff, Morgud, October 22, 2005

• Bigger Threats, Better Defense, Mary Landesman, PC World, May 11, 2004, includes anti-trojan testing of Eset NOD32, Grisoft AVG, McAfee, Panda, Norton & PC-cillin

• Best Anti-Trojan Programs -- top eight out of forty-two are Trojan Hunter for most users, TDS-3 for experienced users  (discontinued as of July 27, 2005), plus Ewido, a², The Cleaner, BOClean, Tauscan, and PestPatrol, Tech Support Alert, last updated May 2004.

Free Anti-Trojan Software & Services

• a² free download or online scanner
• Astonsoft free anti-trojans (each one removes one type of trojan)
• AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 [formerly ewido] download, pro features last 14 days, then reverts to the limited free version unless registration code is purchased; see review link below.
• Google Pack -- Includes Spyware Doctor for spyware, adware, Trojans & keyloggers
• Pestpatrol free version
• WindowSecurity.com TrojanScan online
• See our Anti-Virus page for links to anti-virus freeware and online services.

Anti-Trojan Payware

• a² personal, $40, 30 day free trial, includes scanner, cleaning engine, background guard, advanced IDS, system firewall, analysis tools, and automatic update
• BOClean free, Comodo
  • Review: Comodo BOClean V4.23, Gizmo Richards' Support Alert Newsletter, May 24, 2007
• The Cleaner, 30 day free trial, $50, MooSoft
  • CNet review, June 2006
  • Here's a little advice to help you defeat the Internet's leading Trojan horse viruses (they like "The Cleaner"), S. McClure & J. Scambray, Security Watch, InfoWorld, December 1, 2000
• AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 [formerly ewido pro] $30, 14 day trial, then reverts to the limited feature free version. Purchased by Grisoft in April 2006.
  • CNET editors' review Grisoft Ewido Anti-Spyware 4, Robert Vamosi, CNet, July 28, 2006
  • ewido anti-spyware 4.0 [review], Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, July 25, 2006
• PC DoorGuard, AstonSoft, 30 day free trial, $30.
• PestPatrol, $30. Note: See reviews on our anti-spyware page.
• TrojanHunter, Mischel Internet Security, $49, 30 day free trial
• Trojan Remover, Simply Super Software, $30, 30 day free trial available
  • PC Magazine review, Craig Ellison, June 11, 2002