Is there a website that scans and removes spyware and viruses for free?

Question

I have found several that will indentify them, but then you have to pay to remove them.

The virus turned my wallpaper into a link to "ultimate cleaner" antivirus software. pop-ups everywhere! Help!

Thanks everyone for taking time to respond.

MLM your answer was awesome and could solve a wide range of problems.

I chose Sly as best answer because the smitfraudfix program wiped out the problem in less than 10 minutes. Thanks, man!

Answer 1

Ultimate Cleaner is a rogue anti-spyware program

This will remove it for free.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic98916.html

Answer 2

You can take the following steps to get rid of the malware by following these steps.

Firstly update and run your anti-virus product. You can also run a free online scan as well as some malware can actually corrupt or disable your resident security products. Here are a few online scans you can run:
Trend - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda - http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm
Norton - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

Second download, update and run scans using the following products:
SuperAntispyware
http://superantispyware.com/
Spybot S&D (free version requires manual updating)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
AVG AntiSpyware
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5
Adaware from Lavasoft (free version requires automatic updating)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

(These programs can be run in Safe Mode after downloading and updating)

Third, after cleaning your system, disable System Restore, reboot and re-enable System Restore when you log back on. This will clear the malware that may still be lurking in System Restore, which could be reinstalled should you need to rollback at some point. Additionally, a reboot may be required to complete the malware removal process. For reasons this should be done after and not before malware removal, see the webpage below:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2005/09/17/66724.aspx

Lastly, you may also want to install the following tool. It is free and requires you to check for and enable updates manually once a week or so. It uses no system resources.
SpywareBlaster (inoculates, not a spyware removal tool)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
================================
If you cannot get it removed after the above, you may want to join a tech group that specializes in providing manual instructions on malware eradication.

Free technical help forums

AumHa Forums
http://aumha.net/index.php
Bleeping Computers
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
Spybot S&D Forums
http://forums.spybot.info/
Lavasoft Forums
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
Spyware Info Forums
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=79038
GeekstoGo
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/forums.html

Answer 3

Am only entering an answer (?) here to get a record of MLM's excellent answer as there is much there I want a record of. The only addition I might make is I also suggest that you down-load " Spywareblaster " and set up a Host file.

Answer 4

Have a look here on how to clean up your computer and protect it: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvZbApcsfHuNTYu_H7Zq6Kjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070908125455AADwYXc&show=7#profile-info-e3b5fb4c3b0b1f53173bf382245aab25aa

Good luck.

Answer 5

yeah... kaspersky and bitdefender