News of a malware campaign against WordPress has been doing the rounds since owners and webmaster of wordpress blogs found out about websites getting blacklisted by Google. Around 11,000 domains had been blocked due to the latest malware campaign which has now swelled to 100,000. This campaign has been brought by SoakSoak.ru, thus being dubbed the ‘SoakSoak Malware’ epidemic.
Here is a list of for leading antivirus and security software for Windows.
Avast : Use their uninstallation utility aswClear.
AVG : AVG Uninstaller.
Avira : Avira AntiVir Registry Cleaner Tool will help you clean up all the registry entries left by this anti-virus software after the uninstallation.
BitDefender : Uninstall BitDefender | 32-bit | 64-bit.
CA Internet Security : Knowledge document and uninstaller.
Server 1 EVO
27.254.140.76
Server 2 Sevenplus
103.233.194.43
A TWC forum post asking is it safe to delete empty folders, made me search for some good empty folder deleting freeware. While you would make no real space savings as they occupy 0 bytes, if it is just good house-keeping you are looking, it may be a good idea. Do read the forum post before you proceed.
There are several free software available to delete empty folders. Here are four I came across:
Remove Empty Directories shows the empty directories before deleting them, supports multiple delete modes (including Delete to recycle bin), allows white and black listing of directories by using filter lists and can detect directories with empty files as empty. It allows you to ignore certain directories and offers various other options. It also identifies Protected folders.