Survival Tools

Here is a list of Free Tools!

MXTool Box: Our team has been using this tool on a regular basis. All of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool.  Input a domain name or IP Address or Host Name.

SANS Critical Control 12: Malware Defenses: This is recommended reading for the Malware Survival. How do attackers exploit the lack of this control? How can this control be implemented, automated, and its effectiveness measured?

How do attackers exploit the lack of this control?

Administrators and organizations should monitor workstations, servers, and mobile devices for active, up-to-date anti-malware protection with anti-virus, anti-spyware, and host-based Intrusion Prevention System functionality.

Microsoft Free Safety Scanner: The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning.

EMET 2.1: Microsoft has released a new version of its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, a free download that gives IT staffs the ability to better defend against exploit attempts. The EMET now includes support, as well.

WEB 2.0 SUICIDE! “Liberate your newbie friends with the Web Suicide Machine! This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego. The Web 2.0 Suicide Machine currently runs with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and LinkedIn!

GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits . We can’t say enough how many times the GMER tools has detected those pesky rootkits.

Process Explorer also known as procexp.exe, shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. Find out whats lurking and eating resources in your computer system.

TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. Yes you can use WireShark, but if you want a down and dirty tool TCPView it is.

AUTORUNS This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login.

HijackThis is a free utility that generates an in depth report of registry and file settings from your computer. HijackThis makes no separation between safe and unsafe settings in its scan results giving you the ability to selectively remove items from your machine.

BinText Tool For the folks who want to do a deep-dive into the BIN world, check out the BinText Tool. This is a small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item.

FileASSASSIN is an application that can delete locked malware files on your system. It uses advanced programming techniques to unload modules, close remote handles, and terminate processes to remove the file. Please use with caution as deleting critical system files may cause system errors.

RegASSASSIN is a portable application which allows you to remove registry keys by resetting the keys’ permissions and then deleting it. Please use with caution as deleting critical registry keys may cause system errors.

StartUpLite is a lightweight application that will allow you to speed up your system startup. It provides a safe and efficient way to disable or remove unnecessary startup entries from your computer.

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