This is a FREE anti-virus and anti-spyware utility based on Dr.Web Anti-virus scanner, which will help you quickly scan and cure, if necessary, a computer operated by MS Windows 95OSR2/ 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003 without installation of the Dr.WEB Anti-virus. The utility contains the most up-to-date add-ons to the Dr.WEB virus databases going up to twice per hour frequency at periods of high malware submissions. Dr.WEB CureIt! detects and removes
* Mass-mailing worms * E-mail viruses * Peer-to-peer viruses * Internet worms * File viruses * Trojans * Stealth viruses* Polymorphic viruses * Bodiless viruses * Macro viruses * MS Office viruses * Script viruses * Spyware * Spybots * Password stealers * Keyloggers* Paid Dialers * Adware * Riskware* Hacktools * Backdoors * Joke programs * Malicious scripts * Other malware*
How do I use Dr.WEB CureIt!?
Download Dr.WEB CureIt!. Run the utility and press the"Start" button in the opened window. Confirm the launch by pressing the"OK" button and wait for the scanning results of the main memory and startup files. If you want to scan hard drives of your computer, select the objects for scanning in the central part of the scanner window and press "Start scanning" in the right bottom corner.
When you call the utility, you can specify parameters for the scanner in the command line, i.e. to specify the objects for scanning or/and modify the scanning modes different from the default ones.
When being scanned, infected files are cured, incurable files are moved to the quarantine directory. When the scanning is finished, the log file and the quarantine are not deleted.
How do I update Dr.WEB CureIt!?
This utility can quickly clean an infected system, but it is not a permanent tool to cure your computer in case of infection. Its distribution on Dr.Web site is always armed with the hottest add-ons to the Dr.Web virus database, but it does not include the Dr.Web Automatic Updating utility. Dr.WEB CureIt! stays actual until the next release of the add-on. To scan your computer with the most up-to-date Dr.WEB virus databases next time you should download new Dr.WEB CureIt! package.What"s New in Dr.Web CureIt! 4.33.2, February 5, 2007
* Copyright line works as the link to the CureIt! project history page.
* Support of Finnish language is added.