portable antivirus | USB Apps
Rizone Virus Cleaner – ViruClean
ViruClean Virus Cleaner is a Freeware Portable Virus and Malware Scanner and Cleaner created by Rizone. It is meant to be stored and run from a Flash Drive. ViruClean can be used to help detect and remove threats that may have been missed by your current Antivirus or Antimalware solution. Both 32 and 64 bit Anti Virus solutions are available.
Emsisoft Emergency USB Stick
The Emsisoft Emergency USB is a very powerful and handy Free Scanner to bring with you on a USB Key. It can be used to detect and remove Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Dialers, Keyloggers and other malign programs. Created by Emsi Software, this tool comes with Emsisoft a-squared Free, Emsisoft Commandline Scanner, Emsisoft Anti-Malware, Emsisoft Anti-Dialer, Emsisoft HiJackFree and Mamutu.
HouseCall – Free Portable AntiVirus Tool
HouseCall is a Free Portable Antivirus Software created by Trend Micro. It can be used for detection and removal of potential viruses, trojans, worms, and malware that might reside on your PC. This appears to be a stand alone Free Antivirus Tool that installs temp files during it’s launch and removes them on exit. It also should not interfere with any other Antivirus or Antimalware software that may be installed on your Computer.
AVG Anti-Virus Rescue USB
AVG Rescue CD (for USB Sticks) is a “portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution“. Created by AVG, the USB Flash Drive version offers a stand alone bootable AntiVirus, AntiSpyware, and System Recovery Solution. The AVG Rescue USB enables you to scan for and fully remove infections.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a freely downloadable Virus Removal Tool. Although it does not provide real time protection from Viruses and can not stop a threat from entering your system, this Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool can be used scan for, disinfect, and remove existing Viruses or infections that may currently reside on your PC.
Autorun Virus Removal – AMPAWsmasherX
AMPAWsmasherX is a Free Portable Autorun Antivirus, AntiMalware and Registry protection tool. It can be used to detect and prevent autorun viruses trojans and worms from editing your registry and ultimately entering your machine. Please note that some programs legitimately make use of an autorun.inf file and false alerts although rare are possible.
Antivir – Portable AntiVirus
Antivir – Portable Antivirus removal tool. This tool can be a great (post infection) asset if you are experiencing the damaging effects of a virus infection. In addition, the Antivir is great to have on hand in case you encounter a computer with outdated or even without Antivirus protection. The Free Portable Virus Removal Tool or Portable Virus Scanner can be used to eliminate a major set of distinct threats.
Microsoft Malicious Software Remover
The Malicious Software Removal Tool by Microsoft ®, is a stand alone tool that can be used to check a PC for infections from malicious software like Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. The Malicious Software Remover could come in handy on a USB Flash Drive if you tend to work from multiple computers. The utility will automatically attempt to remove any infections it finds. Microsoft releases updated versions of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.
Portable Norton Security Scan
Norton Security Scan is a Free Anti Virus Scanner made by Symantec. Norton Security Scan is typically used to ensure your PC is protected from common threats. It does so by scanning your computer and identifying any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or trojans if they reside on your PC. This Portable Norton Antivirus scanner tool is included in the Free Google Pack and the resulting installation directory can be copied to a USB flash drive making for a partially portable Virus Scanner.
Multi Virus Cleaner
Multi Virus Cleaner is a Free tool that can be used to detect and remove harmful viruses. It can detect over 6,000 common viruses, trojans, worms and dialers, including variations of Bagle, MyDoom and Sober viruses. My Virus Cleaner is typically used by system administrators and users alike to help clean and recover compromised or infected systems. This application needs approximately 4.63MB of free space for stand alone installation.
Rogue Remover
RogueRemover is a FREE tool that can be used to easily remove “rogue” antispyware, antivirus, and disk cleaning applications. Rogue applications can contain malware, give erroneous scan results or provide false information about the safety of your computer. This tool will completely remove Rogue applications such as SpyAxe, VirusBlast, VirusBursters, WinAntiSpyware and WinAntiVirus. This Rogue Removal tool requires roughly 1.7MB of free space for stand alone portable installation.
HiJackFree
a-squared HiJackFree (now called Emergency Kit?) is an informative system analysis tool that advanced users and administrators can use to help detect and then remove all types of HiJackers, Spyware, Adware, Trojans and Worms. It can be used to manage autoruns, processes and associated modules, control Browser Plugins, and view all DNS entries. This System Process tool requires 4.4MB of free disk space for installation.
Sophos Anti Rootkit – Portable Rootkit Removal Tool
Sophos Anti-Rootkit is a portable tool that can be used to discover and remove any rootkit that may reside in a computers running processes, registry or on a local hard drive. A rootkit also known as (Root Kit) is basically a set of tools that are used to conceal a malicious program from the computer user. The Sophos Anti Rootkit makes for a great rootkit removal utility and can be run directly from any portable USB device.
Dr.WEB CureIt – Stand Alone AntiVirus Utility
Dr.WEB CureIt is a FREE Portable AntiVirus and Portable AntiSpyware utility that has the ability to quickly scan drives for viruses and if necessary cure an infected computer. It can detect and remove most of the common threats such as worms, E-mail viruses, file viruses, stealth viruses, polymorphic viruses, boiless viruses, keyloggers, dialers, adware, hacktools, backdoors, trojans and more. This application also supports multiple languages if detected via the operating system. Dr.WEB CureIt can be run directly from a portable device.
McAfee AVERT Stinger – Virus Removal and Cleaning Tool
McAfee a global leader in Antivirus solutions also has their own free AVERT Stinger portable virus removal tool that can easily be run from a portable USB device. This utility is typically used by users and administrators to help deal with and repair infected computer systems. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.
Avast – Virus Cleaner and Worm Removal Tool
Avast Virus Cleaner is a FREE virus and worm removal tool that can be installed to and launched directly from a portable USB device. This is a nice tool to have available for those extreme situations when you might encounter an already infected computer. For many common infections a virus or worm can be removed quite easily using this Portable Antivirus tool. Avast has a solid reputation for outstanding antivirus software.
ClamWin Portable – Antivirus to Go
No computer should be without good antivirus software. One nice Portable Antivirus solution is ClamWin Portable. ClamWin Portable is Free Open Source software that can be installed to a USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or even a CD. You can then take it with you to run from any Windows computer to diagnosing and scan for viruses without leaving any traces behind.
