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Bamse:
Neat. Ive seen infections remove all signature files from Avira so good to know. I thought they only had daily updates for downloads, this includes everything. Malwarebytes also have a tool to replace hijacked update domain, http://mbam.malwarebytes.org/database/mbam-rules.exe Might come in handy one day.

sajman99:
I'm not telling anybody anything here, so please don't be tired. ;)

All I'm saying is if someone were to tell me the new Hitman Pro is self-described as "the first behavioral scan and multi-vendor cloud confirmation anti-malware", then I would probably take a look. And if they were to tell me "you must be online to scan" or "you cannot remove malware without a license", then I would say "hey, get your facts straight before you go spouting off".

Mind you, I'm just saying if.  http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=236732&page=8  (see erikloman's comments near the bottom of the page)

Bamse:
Oh dont ask to get an idea of what an 18 page Wilders thread is about sayman99, that is pushing it  8) I would guess just about everything or nothing.

Dont know Hitman, or rather have some memories of program downloading and installing a bunch of free different tools. Like a tool for the lazy, bundle scan. Spybot, Ad-aware - faded out I think? Now more or less the same, just more advanced?

I know Wilders and the nature of things there so used to see wonder-tool pop up every now and again. Possible there are meat on story but be more direct with info. From a quick-scan of thread I would say nothing is new.

If you are saying this could be the answer to all infection problems then I suggest you dig into the world of removal :) Tons of highly effective tools available for free. Hitman dude has "written" agreements with vendors because more is better as in 1+1=2 but also because Hitman is nothing on its own. Zero. Nice idea but never going to kick off.

sajman99:
Dont know Hitman, or rather have some memories of program downloading and installing a bunch of free different tools. -Bamse (October 03, 2009, 03:15 PM)
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Indeed. Please note the all-important adjective preceding the phrase Hitman Pro--new. A short visit to the site and/or Wilders link will reveal that this program is decidely different from the old program of the same name which was nothing more than a GUI for popular/well-known anti-spyware tools-- all of which had to be downloaded.

The Wilders link was to a specific page and specific comments of an individual purportedly representing Hitman Pro. Never did I suggest that you read the entire 18 page thread--hopefully you have better things to do with your valuable time. Nor did I make a foolish assertion about Hitman Pro being a malware panacea. My intent was to simply point out a new and possibly effective malware tool.

Yes, I already have a multitude of effective anti-malware tools at my disposal, but that doesn't stop me from learning about new tools which become available. As to whether the concept of this new Hitman Pro succeeds, your prognostication skills may be better than mine, but I prefer to reserve judgment for now. Personally, I found the Wilders link to be interesting and not particularly well-known info at the present time. If you're simply not interested, then that's your prerogative.


 

Bamse:
I had trouble seeing point of your link in the context of this thread. May be you posted about Hitman as a reply to "Im tired of being told" post? Like dump resident 24/7 protection and just use Hitman? May be you did not. Well, if you want to know pros and cons about this one has to start from page 1. Reps. do not speak loudly of problems, like for example lack of quarantine so not able to deal with FPs. Might be ok to detect infections for the file types it can handle, removal/repair seems impossible to do safely. Impressive if Hitman can remove the latest and greatest rootkits, must have some offline features for that. Most other tools, even dedicated rootkit cleaners, struggle with this. Here just an added bonus in a file scanner. Of course that is how they announce product, called advertising. Cant see how it is more than an extended VirusTotal service. Not sure how much importance you think it has.

Have you tried it out? Seems to me it is hardly useful as an on-demand scanner. I put 9 highly malicious files in a c:\1 folder. Hitman skips. Report 2 files as Malware, both FPs. Not too bad actually but I have doubts how much it scans. Seems mighty fast. I move those 9 files under program files and try again, still skipped! So does Hitman check add/remove before starting to scan? Weird, but at least nothing went wrong during removal/repair :)

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