Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit is a free program that can be used to search for and remove rootkits from your computer. When started, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit will scan your computer and allow you to remove any rootkits that it finds. A rootkit is a malware program that is designed to hide itself or other computer infections from being …
Process Explorer is a system resources monitoring tool for Windows operating systems. It follows the general lead of the built-in Windows Task Manager tool, but extends the feature set greatly. These expanded features allow profiling and modification of the real-time state of the system and grants access to otherwise inaccessible or hard to come by …
Autoruns is a free Sysinternals tool from Microsoft that enumerates all the programs that automatically start on a Windows machine. You can then examine this list of programs to see if they should be running or should be disabled. Disabling unnecessary startups allows your computer to run more efficiently by reducing CPU usage and memory …
TCPView is a handy little program that allows you to see the network activity on your computer. When run, you will be able to see what remote devices or computers that your individual programs are communicating with as well as what programs are waiting for connections. Using this information, you can determine what programs are …
Process Monitor, or ProcMon, is an advanced monitoring tool that allows you to see in real-time the file system, registry, and process activity occuring in Windows. Process Monitor is the successor to two different programs, FileMon, and Regmon, but also includes much more including filtering, network activity, and file logging. Process Monitor includes the following …
Cyberreason's RansomFree is a ransomware protection program that silently runs in the background looking for ransomware activity on a computer. If activity is detected, such as the encrypting of certain files, it will automatically terminate the program to prevent your data from being encrypted. RansomFree utilizes canary files, which are folders of files created throughout …
Display Driver Uninstaller, or DDU, is a driver utility programs that allows you to remove all traces of NVIDIA, AMD, and INTEL display and audio drivers from Windows. This allows you to perform a clean install of new drivers so that there are no potential issues with previous versions. Programs like DDU are useful when …
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac is a free security tool that allows you to scan your computer for common macOS infections and remove them. While focusing on adware infections, Malwarebytes for Mac will also scan for other known infections that are being released for the macOS operaitng system. With the increase in popularity for Macs, malware …
UCheck is a free program that allows you to scan a computer for outdated programs and automatically update them to the latest version. UCheck also has the ability to install numerous new programs onto a computer with the click of a button. This makes it incredibly easy to install wanted programs on a brand new …
BitKangarooDecrypter is a ransomware decryptor created by Michael Gillespie that decrypts files encrypted by the BitKangoroo Ransomware. Using this decryptor, victims can recover their files for free without having to pay a ransom. BitKangarooDecrypter can currently decrypt encrypted files that have the .bitkangoroo extension appended to them.
