What's the best anti-Trojan?

[jerryctx]

We have threads discussing the best firewalls and anti-viruses (AV's) but no mention of anti-Trojan (AT's) programs. Most AV's are not very effective at detecting Trojans. If you have experience with an AT how about sharing your opinion?

[Kleinkramer]

I use BOClean as a resident antitrojan, and TDS-3 for scanning on demand.

Trojan Hunter's pretty good as well.

Although Tauscan and the Cleaner are widely used, they're not really up to par.

As Tauscan is unable to detect polymorphic trojans, this makes it unsuited as a first line of defense, according to many experts.

Also take a look here: http://www.wilders.org/anti_trojans.htm

[IMM]

For me, what works is actually not an anti-trojan program at all, but instead a complete familiarity with which processes are running normally and what their dependencies are. Something like Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com is an asset for that. Other useful stuff includes tracking installations with something like InCtrl5 and having a good file verification program to track file changes (I have no recommendation there - I wrote mine).

I still think that a firewall which requires a process to request permission to contact the net (eg. ZoneAlarm) is also an asset.

As a scanner I guess Spybotsd is worth looking at.
http://beam.to/spybotsd though it's main focus isn't really something like a sub seven - but I guess (from what I've seen from others) Kleinkramer's recommendation of TDS is a pretty good one.

[jerryctx]

I still think that a firewall which requires a process to request permission to contact the net (eg. ZoneAlarm) is also an asset.

I agree, but it is possible for a Trojan to use a trusted app (your browser) to get past a firewall so I also go on a Trojan hunt every week or so.