How do I remove Spyware and Adware from my computer?

Question

I used Spybot and Norton Antiviruse and none of them did the job because i'm still getting popups. I have my popblocker settings on HIGH and i'm still getting popups. Does anyone know a program thats stronger than spybot or another way to remove spyware and adware from my computer?

Answer 1

Popup blockers, such as the Yahoo and Google toolbars, will only stop web based popup advertising. They can help somewhat but will do nothing to stop popups on a computer that is badly infected with trojan downloaders that are contacting other computers to download and deliver the pop up ads.

Try a full cleaning and dis-infection routine, if you are getting excessive popups, or are getting popups even when you are offline.

This is the one I use (it will take some time).

1. Scan for virus and remove (free online scan) with BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/home/

2. Scan for trojans, adware and spyware and remove (free online scan) with Ewido
http://www.ewido.net/en/

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And after your computer is fully cleaned of spyware I would suggest IE-SPYAD to prevent further problems, if you are using IE browser:

"IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC."
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm

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And if your popups say "Messenger Service" at the top Title Bar. Read Here:

Older versions of Windows (pre XP-SP2) can get "Messenger Service" popups which are caused by Microsoft leaving the almost never used Messenger Service enabled by default. These type of popups will have the words "Messenger Service" up top in the title bar. This was corrected in Windows XP- Service Pack 2.

Understand that the Windows Messenger Service is completely different from, and not in any way related to, "MSN Messenger", "Windows Live Messenger" "yahoo Messenger", or any other well-known instant messaging system. Therefore, disabling the Windows Messenger service will have no effect upon your use of any other instant messaging applications. They will continue to work without trouble.


To disable this service in older versions of Windows use the free, Shoot The Messenger from:
http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

Good luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Anti-Virus doesnt get rid of spywares,adwares,trojans and pop up.In fact, The best way to get rid of spywares,adwares,trojans and pop up is using a best anti-spyware to protect your computer.You must have 1 or 2 antispyware on your computer to protect your computer.Of course there are many solutions exist, all of them with their own strengths and weaknesses.So which anti-spyware is the most suited for your system? You can find out by reading in-depth reviews and comparisons of TOP 5 anti-spywares... some really great tips and links to Spyware removal programs.

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Good luck!

Answer 4

you can remove spywares using a special software like "Spyware Doctor". It's available in pctools.com. But if you get Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 you can get overall protection at once.....It's not need to be Kaspersky always...even in norton if you have internet security version you can remove Spyware and adware easily.

Thank you

Answer 5

Use any software that you buy from a shop, not from the Internet. Also, try to back-up all your files and format your hard disk, that way you surely get rid of them, thats wat i did last year when i was encountering the same problems as you are.

Note : Never use two different Antivirusses or Antispywares together at once, trust me that would destroy your computer

Answer 6

Try Lava's Ad-Aware

Answer 7

http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/free_spyware_scan.asp works for me but it's online and you need to use it almost everyday. or you could purchase it and have it to it automatically

Answer 8

www.avast.com

free anti-virus. great stuff.