Was told to paste this here from the discord:
Hi, wanted to discuss a couple changes to our malware guide, specifically the remediation steps (when the user doesn't want to reinstall). It's clear those steps are potentially harmful/outdated and should be edited.
- RKill is outdated, there's no reason to include it here. It hasnt been updated in years even before this guide was created.
- ADWCleaner isnt a bad idea but it should be specified that its only going to help in an adware/pup situation and isnt worth using if the user is infected with virtually anything else.
- Hitmanpro is an aggressive scanner and should only be used to identify potential malware in manual removal cases, not for the home user to run a scan and quarantine every detection which can cause issues + its not comprehensive enough compared to emsisoft emergency kit/eset online scanner if we are going to recommend scanners for the average person to use.
I feel that it would be better to remove that section entirely and leave the only option as a usb reinstall. But if we are going to keep it then we should replace it with these scanners:
RKill ----> Emsisoft Emergency Kit: https://www.emsisoft.com/en/emergency-kit/download/
ADWCleaner ----> Can stay, but there needs to be some clarification on its use case as stated before
Hitmanpro ----> ESET online scanner https://www.eset.com/au/home/online-scanner/
There should be a heavy emphasis on the fact that this isn't very effective at removal (if we are keeping it). Also a disclaimer that just because we are using these products doesen't mean that we endorse them. And a note that these scanners can take a while (multiple hours)
Was told to paste this here from the discord:
Hi, wanted to discuss a couple changes to our malware guide, specifically the remediation steps (when the user doesn't want to reinstall). It's clear those steps are potentially harmful/outdated and should be edited.
I feel that it would be better to remove that section entirely and leave the only option as a usb reinstall. But if we are going to keep it then we should replace it with these scanners:
RKill ----> Emsisoft Emergency Kit: https://www.emsisoft.com/en/emergency-kit/download/
ADWCleaner ----> Can stay, but there needs to be some clarification on its use case as stated before
Hitmanpro ----> ESET online scanner https://www.eset.com/au/home/online-scanner/
There should be a heavy emphasis on the fact that this isn't very effective at removal (if we are keeping it). Also a disclaimer that just because we are using these products doesen't mean that we endorse them. And a note that these scanners can take a while (multiple hours)