trojan hunter for trojans, ? for worms?

anti-virus programs like Norton or AVG look for worms but
progs like trojan hunter are more specialized to look for trojans.
Are there programs specifically set to hunt for worms? Presumably
they would be better at it than say, Norton.

Originally posted by sonhouse
anti-virus programs like Norton or AVG look for worms but
progs like trojan hunter are more specialized to look for trojans.
Are there programs specifically set to hunt for worms? Presumably
they would be better at it than say, Norton.

my dog can find computer worms better than Norton.

You best bet is to use a firewall. It tracks activity that goes out to the Internet and alerts you if the same thing or very similar things have been sent many times in a short period of time.

There may be worm hunters out there, but I don't know any.

Originally posted by sonhouse
anti-virus programs like Norton or AVG look for worms but
progs like trojan hunter are more specialized to look for trojans.
Are there programs specifically set to hunt for worms? Presumably
they would be better at it than say, Norton.

As mentioned already the firewall is good. [but not windows firewall]
Here's some M$ advice videos;
Look at the 3rd one down re worms;

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/videos/default.mspx