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Back when I had spare time I used to load Virtual Machines with an OS and "break" them with Malware and figure out how to fix them, but sadly I have no time for that anymore. But it gave me a better understanding on where these malware like to hide, simply put - i know how to manually remove them so I do not always have to rely on scanners.
With patience you can remove even the toughest of malware by using
Process Explorer - Process Explorer
Autoruns - Autoruns for Windows
Process Monitor - Process Monitor
Mark Russinovich, the creator of these tools has a lengthy guide on how to use them. I recommend watching it.
Why not first throw a barrage of scanners at a machine you ask? Because if you come across a heavily infected machine, scanners might not always run and if you did get it to run it might take FOREVER to scan on a slower machine. But I do like end my cleaning sessions with Malwarebytes and a couple of other scanners like TDSSKiller, Rougekiller, ADWCleaner, and CCleaner.
I use Sandboxie - Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing - like someone mentioned before. It's like opening programs with a condom on...the website will tell you what you need to know. But essentially, if you infect yourself. All you gotta do is close the sandbox and it will be as if you've been been infected. Read up on it.
Back when I had spare time I used to load Virtual Machines with an OS and "break" them with Malware and figure out how to fix them, but sadly I have no time for that anymore. But it gave me a better understanding on where these malware like to hide, simply put - i know how to manually remove them so I do not always have to rely on scanners.
With patience you can remove even the toughest of malware by using
Process Explorer - Process Explorer
Autoruns - Autoruns for Windows
Process Monitor - Process Monitor
Mark Russinovich, the creator of these tools has a lengthy guide on how to use them. I recommend watching it.
Why not first throw a barrage of scanners at a machine you ask? Because if you come across a heavily infected machine, scanners might not always run and if you did get it to run it might take FOREVER to scan on a slower machine. But I do like end my cleaning sessions with Malwarebytes and a couple of other scanners like TDSSKiller, Rougekiller, ADWCleaner, and CCleaner.
I use Sandboxie - Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing - like someone mentioned before. It's like opening programs with a condom on...the website will tell you what you need to know. But essentially, if you infect yourself. All you gotta do is close the sandbox and it will be as if you've been been infected. Read up on it.
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