Having an antivirus application to detect and eliminate all kinds of viruses that can be carried from one place to another is necessary for most computer users. If you suspect that the computer in front of you may be infected with viruses and you don’t have the possibility of installing an antivirus , having McAfee Stinger at hand is not too much.
It is a tool that you can use directly from, for example, a pen disk or USB disk in order to find out if a computer is infected. It takes care of checking it and, in most cases, eliminating the virus or viruses it detects.
A portable antivirus scanner
It is not a program designed to prevent viral infections but to eliminate viruses when they affect a system. It uses the same technology that McAfee uses in its scan engine, including process scanning or digitally signed DAT files. It deals with making optimizations that contribute to better performance.
How McAfee Stinger works
McAfee Stinger detects more than 3,000 viruses and Trojans , including their variants, as well as different types of malware that masquerade as legitimate security applications. It uses a very simple and easy to use interface.
You just have to indicate the drive to be examined and press a button to start the scanning process. If a virus is detected, you are prompted to make a choice: delete it, rename the file that contains it, or send it to quarantine. It is also possible to configure the examination of the disk, indicating the files that have to be examined.
To consider
Those responsible for this tool tell us on the support page: « McAfee Stinger is a standalone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full antivirus protection, but rather a specialized tool to help administrators and users when dealing with an infected system .”
And they add the following: “ Stinger now includes Real Protect, a real-time behavioral detection technology that monitors suspicious activity on an endpoint. Real Protect leverages machine learning and automated behavior-based classification in the cloud to detect zero-day malware in real time .”
Access
McAfee Stinger is a free application that works on the latest versions of Windows. To get it you have to access McAfee Stinger . In addition to the installable version, there is also a portable version, which can be carried on any external disk.
In the latest versions, Real Protect was included , a tool that works in real time in order to detect suspicious activities. In this version, released today, new detections have been included, and some have been strengthened. You can also download the ePO version of the program, designed for system administrators.
