What Is A Good "free" Spyware And Adware Detection And Removal Tool?

Posted by admin 23 June, 2009

I used to use ad-aware but now they will tell you that you have infections but they want to charge you for removing them.
I’m looking for a tool that can download updates and remove spyware and adware for FREE.
Thanx

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Comments
June 23, 2009

Malware bytes anti-malware is one of the best anti-spyware.
Install Spyware blaster to protect your computer from getting spyware / adware in the first place.
You might also want to try using Super Anti-spyware, which in my opinion, is second to malware bytes.
Note: Malware bytes free version is for scanning and full removal, but not real time. This is why i recommend the free spyware blaster, which takes up very less memory.
Hope this was helpful.

Posted by Cool Video Clips
June 23, 2009

SuperAntiSpyware is good for finding and removing those. It’s a free program to use, and it does a good job at finding and removing infections like those. I recommend you use it. However there is also an upgrade to “SuperAntiSpyware” Professional.
SuperAntiSpyware:http://www.superantispyware.com/superant…
It is a really good software that does its best to find and remove all the hidden threats. It removes, Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, KeyLoggers, Dialers, Hi-Jackers, and Worms etc.
The free version does not include Real-Time-Protection. You have to get the professional edition for that. However you can email me, and i will get the code for you.

Posted by Ryan
June 23, 2009

I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, I have recently added superantispyware and Malwarebytes. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just upgraded to AVG free 8.5 and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps

Posted by Ol'grizz
Posted by Sly_Old_
June 23, 2009

Spybot can do a bit of this work.

Posted by Sreedhar
June 24, 2009

Good information on free adware removal toolshttp://thecooltools.blogspot.com/2009/05…

Posted by Tarmizi R
June 24, 2009

spybot is good, I used to use ad-aware as well, didn’t know they were charging for it now :(

Posted by Justaguy
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