Free Anti-Spyware

[Geoff Watson]

Anyone know of a good, free, program to deal with Spyware and the like?

Geoff.

 

[Nifft]

Lavasoft's AdAware is pretty darn good, last I checked.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

-- N

PS: Or switch to Linux!

 

[Greylock]

www.safer-networking.org

Spybot. It's kept my machine clean for ages now.

HTH

 

[Lazybones]

I run both Adaware and Spybot on a monthly basis, and keep them current every time I run them. Even though I have a double firewall (hardware router and XP SP2 software), I still occasionally find stuff that isn't supposed to be there. I just blame my wife, who also uses "my" machine when I'm not around...

 

[RichCsigs]

Add me to the "both Adaware and Spybot" list.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Add me to the "both Adaware and Spybot" list.

Me too. I run both every week.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Me too. I run both every week.

Ditto.

 

[Krieg]

I am also in the Spybot & AdAware camp. I have also started using a third app recently called Spyware Doctor as it seems to pick up a few items that are missed by the other two.

 

[XCorvis]

I'm a tech - I do this for a living. Get both. Spybot has something called "immunizations". Make sure to turn it on. It'll flat-out prevent your computer from being infected by a good chunk of spyware.

You should note that Ad-aware Personal is only free for home usage, not workplace.

Also, if all else fails, get HijackThis and ask for help using it on their forums. ( http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html )