McAfee Stinger | Techerator https://techerator.com Techerator is an excellent source of tips, guides, and reviews about software, web apps, technology, mobile phones, and computers. Sun, 02 May 2010 02:14:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 7158109 Detect and Remove The Most Common Viruses with McAfee Stinger https://techerator.com/2010/04/detect-and-remove-the-most-common-viruses-with-mcafee-stinger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=detect-and-remove-the-most-common-viruses-with-mcafee-stinger https://techerator.com/2010/04/detect-and-remove-the-most-common-viruses-with-mcafee-stinger/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://44.229.110.106/?p=6309 Anti-Virus 2010, Total Security Center, Windows Security Center – These names all sound like legitimate antivirus software, but they are actually viruses in disguise.   Virus removal programs such as SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes can sometimes have a difficult time removing these types of viruses, and new malicious software appears every day. McAfee Stinger takes a different […]

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]]> Anti-Virus 2010, Total Security Center, Windows Security Center – These names all sound like legitimate antivirus software, but they are actually viruses in disguise.   Virus removal programs such as SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes can sometimes have a difficult time removing these types of viruses, and new malicious software appears every day.

McAfee Stinger takes a different approach to removing viruses.  Instead of looking for all of the possible infections, McAfee Stinger looks only the most recent and most common viruses.

Using McAfee Stinger

Start by download the latest version of McAfee Stinger.  Open the downloaded file and click Scan Now as shown below.  By default, McAfee Stinger will scan the entire C:\ drive.

If you want to see exactly what McAfee Stinger is looking for (or you think you know what you might be infected with), you can see a list of the viruses it is capable of removing under the List Viruses menu.

Have you use McAfee Stinger to remove a virus?  How does McAfee Stinger compare to other virus removal utilities?  Let us know your thoughts by commenting below.

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