Wednesday, March 25, 2009
McAfee offers a collection of tools that can be used to perform tasks that are not commonly encountered during typical use of their antivirus products. Each tool was designed to solve problems caused by viruses or Trojans or to be used for data gathering for analysis of virus caused damage.
Some examples of the tools provided include:
McAfee Rootkit Detective - McAfee Rootkit Detective is a program that is used to detect and clean rootkits that are running on the system. A rootkit is a program or programs designed to take control of a computer system, without authorization by the system's owners or administrators. It enables an attacker to have "root" access to the computer, which means it runs at the lowest level of the machine.
SaveInfo – This is a utility to capture possible boot sector viruses. The tool saves the MBR, the first 2 tracks of your hard disk, as well as the last track of each partition and the last track of the physical drive.
DAT File Updates – DAT files (virus definition files) contain up to date virus signatures and other information that McAfee antivirus products use to protect your computer against virus attacks. You can download Beta pre-release, beta, or test versions of these .DAT files for use in emergency situations, to combat a virus or malicious code outbreak, or to provide a first level quick response to virus attacks.
Check out the McAfee tools page for more details and more tools.
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