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How to Use Stinger to Scan for Problem Viruses

Stinger is a specialized virus scanning application produced by McAffee which
deals with for 50-60 viruses that normal antivirus programs cannot remove. It
can be download free of charge. Stinger is normally run when an antivirus
program reports finding a virus that cannot be removed, but may also be run
proactively when malware has compromised the normal functioning of the computer,
and a virus infection is regarded as a possibility.
Stinger is re-released
frequently as made necessary by the appearance of new viruses or variants, so do
not keep it after use for use later, but rather re-download it each time you
need it.
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If you do not have a current version of Stinger, go to
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/, and under "How do I use Stinger?" click
Download v2.6.0. and in the Save As dialog elect to save stng260.exe
in Desktop. (The name may vary, make of the name of the file you downloaded
for future reference.)
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Double-click the downloaded Stinger file, either on you
Desktop, or in the folder it was downloaded to. Stinger will open By default
it will scan the C:\ drive. Modify this as necessary using the Add, Browse
and Remove buttons.
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Click Scan Now to start scanning. Note the names of any
virus found. You will have to keep track of the number of different viruses
found by stinger in addition to the number of different viruses found by any
other virus scanner used in conjunction with Stinger. See
warning concerning multiple
computer viruses being detected
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When Stinger is through scanning you can save a report to
disk. Click File, then select Save report to
file.
Scan with Stinger to remove viruses other antivirus programs may
not be able to remove.
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