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Trellix Stinger icon

Trellix Stinger

(Formerly McAfee Stinger) Trellix Stinger utilizes next-generation scan technology, including rootkit scanning, and scan performance optimizations.

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Cost / License

  • Free Personal
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Windows
  • PortableApps.com
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Portable
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  Malware Analysis

 Tags

  • remove-fake-alert

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  • Guest reviewed Trellix Stinger  

    installs McAfee without your confirmation. the company Trellix IS McAfee (see wikipedia). after McAfee is installed it runs nonstop in Windows processes not letting you to disable or uninstall it (there is no uninstall with Stinger, it is a portable program). McAfee cannot be uninstalled or stopped in Safe Mode, its autoruns are permanent, its data in Common Files is protected by Windows not letting user to even get permission to uninstall them. and funny enough even McAfee's own uninstall...

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Trellix Stinger information

  • Developed by

    US flagMusarubra US LLC
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free Personal product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.
  • Alternatives

    19 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Trellix Stinger, and it has gotten 8 likes

Trellix Stinger was added to AlternativeTo by jethro_tull on and this page was last updated .

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
HeathenMen
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claims to find zero-day threats

Top Negative Comment
Guest
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installs McAfee without your confirmation. the company Trellix IS McAfee (see wikipedia). after McAfee is installed it runs nonstop in Windows processes not letting you to disable or uninstall it (there is no uninstall with Stinger, it is a portable program). McAfee cannot be uninstalled or stopped in Safe Mode, its autoruns are permanent, its data in Common Files is protected by Windows not letting user to even get permission to uninstall them. and funny enough even McAfee's own uninstall utility - McAfee Removal Tool - cannot remove it because Stinger again is a portable software. in this situation you have fours options: 1) use Restore Point, 2) kill McAfee from bootCD, 3) actually install McAfee's full suite and hope that now Removal Tool will work, 4) or use specialized tools like TRON, https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/comments/1hxpp3d/tron_v1208_20250109_disable_windows_recall . that's horrible! worse than actual malware!

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What is Trellix Stinger?

Trellix Stinger utilizes next-generation scan technology, including rootkit scanning, and scan performance optimizations. It detects and removes threats identified under the "Threat List" option under Advanced menu options in the Stinger application. Stinger now detects and removes GameOver Zeus and CryptoLocker.

To use Trellix Stinger:

Download the latest version of Stinger. When prompted, choose to save the file to a convenient location on your hard disk, such as your Desktop folder. When the download is complete, navigate to the folder that contains the downloaded Stinger file, and run it. The Stinger interface will be displayed. By default, Stinger scans for running processes, loaded modules, registry, WMI and directory locations known to be used by malware on a machine to keep scan times minimal. If necessary, click the "Customize my scan" link to add additional drives/directories to your scan. Stinger has the capability to scan targets of Rootkits, which is not enabled by default. Click the Scan button to begin scanning the specified drives/directories. By default, Stinger will repair any infected files it finds. Stinger leverages GTI File Reputation and runs network heuristics at Medium level by default. If you select "High" or "Very High," Trellix Labs recommends that you set the "On threat detection" action to "Report" only for the first scan.