Avenger! 2

[Methical]

Hi guys,

Just stumbled across 'The Avenger! 2'.

i did a search in the forum; and found it mentioned in a couple of threads. So obviously its not new to all of us .. just some

For those of you who have tried it, care to share some experiences with using this product ? Is it worthwhile? Pros/cons?

What is it?

The Avenger is a fully-scriptable, kernel-level Windows driver designed to remove highly persistent files, registry keys/values, and other drivers protected by entrenched malware.
Why is it useful?

The Avenger is effective at removing malware that is hooked deeply into the operating system itself, which is often difficult for standard tools.

http://swandog46.geekstogo.com/avenger2/avenger2.html

 

[stevenamills]

It may be fine, but in the fast moving world of virii and spyware, I'm leary of aythig that hasn't been updated in a year and a half.

 

[Methical]

Yeah I was wary about that.. January 2008 lol .
I would suspect that whatever malware etc this program detects, would be in all definitions now of all major a/v software?

 

[studiot]

Swandog Avenger is good, but not for the inexperienced.
It takes parameters, rather than relying on tables so you need to find the baddy before use.
Because of its relationship to Windows some rootkit scanners report it as a false positive.

 

[LunchBox]

The avenger app is somewhat like Hijackthis, it looks at what is running and its up to you to determine if its legit or not. The difference is that avenger is maily for rootkits. One of its features is that it will show you files that are running hidden.

This does require experience but it can be gained using running it and looking at logs on a 100% clean PC then on one with rootkit/malware.