What's a good free program that will protect me from spyware??

Question

please...does anybody out there know any program that will help me protect from spyware.....i prefer free....thanks...

Answer 1

Unfortunately with todays malware it is important to use a whole battery of programs to get adequate protection. These are my recommendations, all of which are free but still excellent products:

Antivirus:

Avast (Free) : http://www.avast.com


Antitrojan:

Ewido (14 day trial but excellent so had to include) - http://www.ewido.net/en/


Antispyware/antiAdware:


Spybot Search and Destroy - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Tutorial for spybot: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial43.html


Lavasoft Ad-aware SE Personal - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Tutorialfor ad-aware: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial48.html


SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Tutorial for spywareblaster: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial49.html


Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx



And a tutorial on good practices on staying safe on the internet:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial82.html

If you think you may be still infected after using the below programs and want an expert to help you for free, you can post a hijackthis log at my forum. Instructions for doing so can be found here:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic34773.html


Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html

Answer 3

The only free spy-ware you will find is on a trial basis and at that, it wont remove viruses. You might have to bite the bullet and buy an anti-virus with spy-ware. It's expensive, but worth it. Norton is what I use, and it does a good job.

Answer 4

I use Housecall by TrendMicro (http://housecall.trendmicro.com ) . It is a good thorough scan of your computer, but if you want something to proactively protect you completely, you will have to pay for it.

Answer 5

superantispyware will get rid of maximum and you gets professional for unfastened for a limited ammount of time, yet avg is relatively sturdy yet great is an on get right of entry to test, ensure to replace them additionally

Answer 6

www.download.com

Get Ad-aware and Spybot, update and run both. Use both, one will catch what the other doesn't.

Answer 7

there are several good ones, particularly avg antispyware, spybot S&D, windows defender etc.

Answer 8

http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=mscom_sah
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
and then download system mechanic