I only want free downloads to protect my laptop from popups and spys
2006-10-29 22:33:54 · 15 answers · asked by Jennifer P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
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2006-10-29 22:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Plenty of adult sites will give you free spyware, but thats not what you want is it?
Anti-spyware is what you want. For this, there is Spybot S&D which can be downloaded at: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
On top of this, you will probably want a free adware scanner/remover. A good one can be downloaded here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Both these programs will only scan your computer when you tell them to though, so you may want something that will protect you all of the time like Windows Defender which can be downloaded for free of www.microsoft.com if you have a legal copy of Windows XP
2006-10-29 22:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by ♥pandy♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Windows Defender:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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2006-10-29 22:37:56 · answer #3 · answered by Frostbite 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-08 23:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BEST free antispyware is Ad-Aware SE Personal (make sure you get the spelling right - there is a 'bad' one with a close name) and can be downloaded from Lavasoft. It's brilliant - kills spyware and viruses and has never let me down. http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Good luck!
2006-10-30 02:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
download yahoo tool bar. It stops pop ups. Also download add muncher for the adds. Some say its just a trial program and they uninstall it after trial runs out and install it again (so save it somewhere handy)
As for the spyware download windows defender (its free and very good)
2006-10-29 22:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
- Windows Defender is very good (Microsoft's next step from their Anti Spyware Beta)
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- HijackThis
- LavaSoft Ad-Aware
There's so many out there, just check out the reviews at the free downloads sites:
www.snapfiles.com/freeware
www.freedownloadscentre.com
www.download.com
etc...
2006-10-29 22:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by fresh_mcgraw 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A friend told me about this site, it has all the good free spyware
programs and lots of tips on how to protect yourself. Good luck.http://www.basicspywaretips.com/spywareremovaltool.html
2006-10-30 00:57:18 · answer #8 · answered by Tyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan.
http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware
And these are useful utilities;
http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.
http://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool
http://www.mailwasher.net/ -spam filter
Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com
Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
http://www.siteadvisor.com -Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.
2006-10-29 23:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The very best programme available is addaware, just put that into google. It's free and very good.
2006-10-29 22:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by pugsley 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's a free trial of Norton
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Norton-AntiVirus-Final.shtml
2006-10-29 22:36:16 · answer #11 · answered by jan 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋