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What's on your System?

2007-03-13

I found a free online scanner that checks your system for viruses, spyware, worms, and other malware.

The Trend MicroTM HouseCallTM 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.

Trend Micro's HouseCall requires the following minimum system components:

Hardware:

  • 133MHz IntelTM PentiumTM processor or equivalent
  • 64MB of RAM
  • At least 30MB of available disk space

Operating System:

  • Microsoft Windows 98SE/NT4.0, SP6a/2000, SP2/XP, SP1/2003 and Windows MCE 2005
  • Linux Distributions that supports libc6
  • Solaris 2.6 and above

Software:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.5
  • Mozilla 1.7.12
  • Monitor that supports 800 x 600 resolution at 256 colors or higher

Macintosh support requires the following minimum system components:

  • Macintosh Computer with PowerPC G4 or G5 Processor
  • MAC OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
  • 512MB of RAM
  • At least 30MB of available disk space
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 and later

Important Notes about HouseCall 6.5

HouseCall 6.5 has two independent Core Engines to choose from:

  1. The ActiveX Core Engine: to use this engine, please adjust the IE browser's Security level to Medium at least and be sure that signed ActiveX objects are enabled.
  2. The Java VM Core Engine- to use this engine, please install the Java VM from http://www.java.com/ .

Price: Free
OS: Windows 98SE/NT4.0, SP6a/2000, SP2/XP, SP1/2003 and Windows MCE 2005, Linux, Solaris
Author: TrendMicro

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