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For your Anti-Adware and Anti-Spyware needs...............

Pick and choose at least 2 anti-spywares from the list below and alternate scanning with them on a regular basis. New spywares are created literally hourly, so no single anti-spyware can really detect all malware. Have at least 2 on hand and alternate scanning with each every few days or so. All are free. All can remove as well as detect.

Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

Ewido:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Adaware SE:
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

A-Squared:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

SUPERAntiSpyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

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

Unfortunately, many "paid for" anti-spyware products are in fact either of limited usefulness or downright scams. When in doubt, look at the list of rogue anti-spyware solutions listed here:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

2006-12-28 13:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ad-Aware SE Personal is a Lavasoft product and is free to download at www.download.com. Two other good programs are Spyboy Search & Destroy, and SpywareBlaster. Both of those programs protect your PC from spyware before it gets installed. Spybot can also scan your PC. I recommend running both and Ad-Aware and Spybot scan because I've seen cases where one finds something that the other doesn't. Make sure to update the definition files before running your scans. This will make sure you are searching for the most recent problems. I use all 3 of these programs on my PC and haven't had any spyware/adware problems since. Spybot and SpywareBlaster download sites can be found by using your favorite search engine. Avast! or AVG-Free are both free anti-virus programs, so I would recommend installing one of those as well.

2006-12-28 17:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by thisguy 4 · 1 0

Most likely what you downloaded was actually spyware that masquerades as anti-spyware. There are plenty of good free ones out there. Spybot Search & Destroy, AdAware, and MS Defender are all free and play well together.

2006-12-28 17:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0 0

You can find free spy sweepers here
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/

2006-12-28 17:24:20 · answer #4 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0 0

http://www.5starsdown.com/ GL

2006-12-28 18:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by JayRoc 2 · 0 0

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