anonymous surfing and spy/mal/adware?

Question

Can anyone tell me of software that provides anonymous surfing. I want something thats up to speed rather than some half pace proxy!

And

Software more powerful than Adadware of Avast? Thats free to download scan AND remove?

Answer 1

proxy and speed is a trade-off. You can't get both.

Good firewall is recommended and I suggest zonealarm free version.

When comes to spyware removing:

The best in the industry are:

1. Adaware se personal edition
2) spybot search& destroy.

You have a decent antivirus and have above security combination, you are in good shape. At least I never had any problem.

As a side note: The worst security/adware/malware problems happen during serfing internet. In this case, a secured browser is a realistic bet. You will feel best if you know your browser is best secured against all possible things. The natural choice for this is to use opera browser(www.opera.com). There is no east or west opera is the best. Don't guess me as biased but see for yourself the browser industries security record (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Vulnerabilities) .

Secunia and security focus are two specialized company who monitors browser security threats continuously. their data is updated in that link of wikipedia and you can check directly from secunia site too.

Now, how good the opera browser is? I will let you judge that and not going to influence your decision. But will say, it offers cutting edge features out of the box.
Afterall, your call !
Enjoy safe internet and pardon for my extra suggestions.

Answer 2

Almost all proxies will be slower. That is the price you pay to be anonoymous. This proxy will provide excellent protection.

http://www.torrify.com/



For software to remove adaware.....

Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/ . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.

Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/products/select_your_product.php

Download SpywareBlaster---http://majorgeeks.com/download2859.html

SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.

It's main features include:
- Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted pests.
- Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox.
- Restrict the actions of potentially dangerous sites in Internet Explorer.

Answer 3

My partner and i suggest applying http://www.vpnmaster.org to unblock websites. I am using their services for more than 4 years without troubles.

Answer 4

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/SuperAntiSpyware.html dont know about proxies tho