[JenB]

Spybot S&D - go to Download.com for the latest version.

Also you should use this with Lavasoft Ad-Aware Personal.

[OldCorps]

Try spywareblaster at

and Adaware SE

also recommend free AVG virus scan

[MissouriConservative]

Webroot's SpySweeper is a great one, but you have to pay $29.95 a year after a 30 day trial period.

Spybot Search and Destroy is a good free one, but you have to use their tea timer to prevent things from installing themselves in your registry...but it's also free.

I personally run SpySweeper and Spybot Search and Destroy. I am trying out Microsoft's new spyware killer...so far it's not too bad.

Hope this helps.

[Keith in Iowa]

To: quidnunc; All

Help for viruses and malware:

 

 Ad-Aware ... Spybot ... Peper Uninstaller ... HijackThis... CWShredder ... Spyware Blaster ... IE Spyad ... Free online Virus scan ... AVG AntiVirus ... LSPfix ... How to Show Hidden Files ... How to boot into Safe Mode ... How did I get infected in the first place?

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Things you need--(all FREE)
Anti-Virus
AVG

 Avast
Firewall
Kerio(Direct Download) Zone Alarm

 If are using zone alarm it may slow your PC. Try Outpost Firewall http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost or Sygate Firewall http://www.sygate.com/, both have FREE and Pro versions and are heads above ZA.
Misc.
IE Spyads SpywareBlaster Spyware Guard
Windows Update- you must keep updated, it is the start of a secure system-
get all CRITICAL Updates

Things you want(Still Free)
 

  I use Firefox PR1 and IMHO, beats the sox off MS Explorer. Life is good with tabs. Click the link and give it a try.

Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D

SpywareBlaster
MS MVP Hosts file

Mike Lin's Homepage and get the Startup Control Panel and Startup Monitor tools.

 

The best forum for malware removal:

 http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=262d844129208feb8b0cf5b0186a32f6&act=SC&c=4
SWI Forums--

33 posted on 10/31/2004 1:01:35 PM CST by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Dawn of Information...)

Help for viruses and malware:

 

 Ad-Aware ... Spybot ... Peper Uninstaller ... HijackThis... CWShredder ... Spyware Blaster ... IE Spyad ... Free online Virus scan ... AVG AntiVirus ... LSPfix ... How to Show Hidden Files ... How to boot into Safe Mode ... How did I get infected in the first place?

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Things you need--(all FREE)
Anti-Virus
AVG

 Avast
Firewall
Kerio(Direct Download) Zone Alarm

 If are using zone alarm it may slow your PC. Try Outpost Firewall http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost or Sygate Firewall http://www.sygate.com/, both have FREE and Pro versions and are heads above ZA.
Misc.
IE Spyads SpywareBlaster Spyware Guard
Windows Update- you must keep updated, it is the start of a secure system-
get all CRITICAL Updates

Things you want(Still Free)
 

  I use Firefox PR1 and IMHO, beats the sox off MS Explorer. Life is good with tabs. Click the link and give it a try.

Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D

SpywareBlaster
MS MVP Hosts file

Mike Lin's Homepage and get the Startup Control Panel and Startup Monitor tools.

 

The best forum for malware removal:

 http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=262d844129208feb8b0cf5b0186a32f6&act=SC&c=4
SWI Forums--

[weegee]

I use both spybot and adaware but lately they don't find much of anything. I don't know if it is because they are catching things before they are planted or if it is because software is circumventing my spyware searching programs.

I have no "exempt" files and check for updates periodically. Typically all I find now are cookies, nothing in the registry.

[MJY1288]

Switch your browser to Mozilla Firefox and your pop-up problems are solved

[Wooly]

The best way not to get Spyware on your computer is never clcik on Pop-Ups, never download desktop themes,do not install P2P File sharing programs, and don't use Freeware or shareware. The only way it gets on your computer is from the user.
AVG and ANti-Vir Anti Virus programs, both free, also see most spyware as a virus and will stop it from loading. Most spyware programs only get rid of it once you got it.

[Capitalism2003]

here ya go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315720/posts

[freedom44]

The best one I found came with Yahoo Instant Messenger. If you don't mind having that program installed on your program, the spyware toolbar is great.

[Chummy]

"... am a website designer and have to be constantly reformatting my HD do to this problem...."


Why? How does designing websites lead to installation of spy- or adware and the resultant HD reformats?

[Jim Noble]

[ChefKeith]

Download Mozzila,Spybot,AdWare & ZoneAlarm.

Set the Mozilla to NOT accept cookies UNLESS you authorize them.

I've been "critter" free for months since I did this.

BTW TRASH "Internet Exploder" from the hard-drive AFTER you use it to Download Mozilla and get Mozilla operational.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The spyware keyword will bring up lots of threads on the spyware topic.

[nutmeg]

bump

[holymoly]

To get back to the original question, there are four anti-adware/spyware programs. All are free. Ad-Aware SE & Spybot Search & Destroy are "must have". SpywareBlaster & SpywareGuard are also very useful, particularly for those who use MSIE.

Ad-Aware SE is an on-demand scanner.

Spybot Search and Destroy offers on-demand and real-time protection.

SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard
From Javacool Software

Tutorials for these programs will be found here:

Using Ad-Aware SE

Using Spybot - Search and Destroy

Using SpywareBlaster

Using SpywareGuard

These programs may be used in any combination. I.E Spybots' "TeaTimer", and Javacools' "SpywareGuard", both of which offer full-time protection, may be used together.

[NewLand]

And the winner is...

Spyware Eliminator 4.0
Reviewer's Comments; Our “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award Winner” is the recently released Spyware Eliminator 4.0 by Aluria. This brand-new version offers better detection, more features, more customized tools, simple navigation and the best customer service we’ve seen. Recently, AOL began including Spyware Eliminator 4.0 with their latest version to take care of all their customer’s anti-spyware needs.

Click here for the ratings of major Spyware programs

[NewLand]

I also recommend having Norton Internet Security from Symantec...with personal firewall, intrusion detection, anti-virus, privacy control, (pop-up) ad-blocking, spam control, and parental controls (user adjustable).

Between Spyware Eliminator and NIS, most home computers shouldn't have any problems with these issues.