Can anyone recommend a good (free) malware scanner?

sonyhamster

My current Malware (Malwarebytes) scanner is doing my head in - it keeps saying that there's malware in outlook and on word documents, however when I do a scan on AVG, nothing.

Can anyone recommend an alternative so that I can 100% sure?

Thanks!

Goldielocks

Hi, try Spybot Search & Destroy (free download). Or Ad-Aware is another popular one (Lavasoft). I've used both in the past.

lucylucky

Has Malwarebytes identified the malware? Why not just remove it?

debitcardmayhem

Post your malwarebytes log on here.

aliEnRIK

Open malwarebytes, goto LOGS and post the WHOLE of the last log on here

sonyhamster

lucylucky wrote: »

Has Malwarebytes identified the malware? Why not just remove it?

I've tried, but it didn't make a difference. I even ran it past AVG.

Anyway, it's been a while since that happened and it seems to have fixed itself (rather bizzarely). Think it might of been a glitch, but I'm not happy nevertheless.

fiddiwebb

sonyhamster wrote: »

I've tried, but it didn't make a difference. I even ran it past AVG.

Anyway, it's been a while since that happened and it seems to have fixed itself (rather bizzarely). Think it might of been a glitch, but I'm not happy nevertheless.

I would have more faith in Malwarebytes than AVG, if MBAM is saying something is there then just post the log file.

The other alternative is to try Superantispyware portable but would recommend running CCleaner first to get rid of any dross.

quidsinquentin

I use Avast and Spybot S&D on Win XP as I've found too many conflicts with other progs in the past. I tried Ad-Aware recently but not too keen on it (no prob, just personal preference).

DCFC79

Goldielocks wrote: »

Hi, try Spybot Search & Destroy (free download). Or Ad-Aware is another popular one (Lavasoft). I've used both in the past.

ad aware ? you sure, i used it once but i remember it slowed the pc down, maybe its changed since then but still wouldnt use it

GunJack

hamster, do yourself a favour and uninstall avg, run the avg removal tool and install avira or avast instead. Malwarebytes is the best general-purpose malware prog out there. As fiddiweb says above, would ALWAYS trust mbam over avg

..AND as per RIK's request, post the mbam log that was "finding" stuff. With AVG the chances are you could well be infected and AVG would never know....