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Free Online Scanning tool against Security Threat and Virus
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We will introduce some free online tools can help to check against the computer virus and other security threats. This online tools are all provided by famous Anti-Virus or Security company.

http://security.symantec.com/
Symantec Security Check tests your exposure to a wide range of online threats. It's free and efficient, and it helps you determine your Internet security needs.

It provides two kinds of security check, they are: Security Scan and Virus Detection. Security Scan is to check your computer safe against from online threats. Virus Detection is to check any computer virus exists from your machine.

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
McAfee FreeScan helps you detect thousands of viruses on your computer. FreeScan searches for viruses and displays a detailed list of any infected files. Should viruses be found, FreeScan even provides links to more information about the viruses and what you can do to clean your system.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Trend Micro - Free online virus scan. Trend Micro HouseCall is a FREE Web-based solution designed to scan your PC for a wide range of Internet security threats including viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware. It also detects system vulnerabilities and provides a link so you can easily download missing security patches.

After each scan, HouseCall delivers a detailed report, which identifies security threats detected on your computer.

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
Kaspersky File Scanner If you discover a suspicious file on your machine, or suspect that a program you downloaded from the Internet might be malicious, you can check the files with this file scanner.

But it only support up to 1MB file size checking each time. You can create an archive file to check for multiple file, again it cannot exceed 1MB.

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
CA's eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner is a fast, easy to use antivirus tool capable of detecting and cleaning the latest viruses, trojans and worms from within your web browser. The tool is free of charge, and requires no additional components.

All that is required for the use of the web scanner is an Internet connection, and Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4 or later.

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