There are quite a few free anti-spyware programs available! I suggest that users should use at least 3 different products to regularly scan their systems. Most of these products are free for non-commercial use versions that have disabled some features, usually the active resident protection.
Spybot Search and Destroy is an excellent program for scanning for and removing spyware. The resident modules can be a bit buggy, but the extra included tools such as startup manger are great! http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
Adaware is another good scanner and removal tool but it has no resident abilities at all in the free version. http://free.lavasoft.com
Ewido is fairly new as a free spyware scanner, but it comes from the people who brought us AVG, so I expect good things: http://free.grisoft.com
Microsoft has their free scanner avalable for download although many advise that this tool is a bit permissive of questionable programs and add ons! Defender does offer a couple of options the others do not have such as scheduled scan and a resident process for active protection. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
The Yahoo toolbar includes an Spyware scanner that works ok. Yahoo does not advise this but you can run this program outside the toolbar by simply creating a shortcut to the exe file found in the yahoo directory under program files. http://toolbar.yahoo.com/
A new player is on the scene with SUPERAntiSpware. I was fairly impressed with the deep scans performed by this product, and it found some inactive files with spyware embedded,that the others had missed. I will add this to the list of tools in the arsenal and see how it really performs on active spyware. If you want to try it you can download it here: http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
Once you have your system cleaned up of all the spyware, then you should protect yourself against new infestations. Spyware Blaster does a very good job and does not use up any system resourses in doing so. Works with both IE and Firefox browsers: This Download can be found at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Another good way to avoid spyware is to use the Firefox browser. While not immune from spyware infestation, you will certainly not have as many problems as when you run I.E. Easy Download at http://www.mozilla.com
2006-08-28 04:38:19
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answered by Interested Dude 7
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answered by Pierre 3
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Spyware Tools:
http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdefender
2006-08-28 04:37:38
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answered by Yoi_55 7
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u can download all major free antispyware and adware at one place i e www.download.com
2006-08-28 04:44:45
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answered by sam 3
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I downloaded mine from Comast...Where I have dsl,cable and tel service. There's Mcafee Anti-Virus protection. I also heard MSN has free anti vurus programs you can download.
2006-08-28 04:48:15
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answered by I'M BOSSY 2
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C|Net / Download.com - 'Best Free Software'>Utilities
http://www.download.com/Best-Free-Software/1200-20_4-5153765.html?tag=txt
2006-08-28 05:14:28
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answered by Dr J 3
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Cnet
2006-08-28 04:41:39
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answered by Nitengale 2
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attempt super Anti-spyware. it works super and there's a loose version. i've got tried Spybot seek and break and it did no longer the spyware and spyware that super Anti-spyware gets. additionally, do no longer open emails which you do no longer recognize who they are from or have attachments.
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answered by ? 4
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try limewire. I've gotten a lot of programs from there
2006-08-28 04:40:09
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answered by Brandy S 2
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www.isohunt.com www.torrentz.com www.torrentspy.com www.torrentreactor.net www.bitcomet.com www.thepiratebay.com
2006-08-28 04:39:54
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answered by ro_hack_sys 2
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