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What is the most reliable free spyware or adware in the net?
February 27, 2010
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Clean Registry and Optimize PC
try you download at this site http://adware-spyware-uninstall.blogspot.com/. I found at google
Go to http://www.spywareremover-download.com
Download Spywareremover for free.
Not only does spywareRemover get rid of the malicious spyware & adware that have invaded your system, it also prevents infestations from reoccurring. SPYwareRemover will keep your computer’s performance at its best and it will protect your privacy and your identity.
To remove spyware,there are many solutions exist, all of them with their own strengths and weaknesses.
You had better install at least 2 antispyware
Top 5 anti-spywares reviews,comparisons and download links on
http://www.anti-spyware-center.com/index.php?t=centerc
You can download and scan your computer for free.
Take your pick… Either will fix your problem…
* SuperAntiSpyware – Finds viruses and spyware that are very very hard to find with no conflict to other antivirus software. (My Favorite)
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* A Squared Free Edition – http://www.emsisoft.com
Remove infections of Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Dialers and other malicious programs.
Do a search for either of these.
* Cleaner… Advanced WindowsCare Personal Edition… This Freeware will provide you with a deep scan of both your Registry and Windows core for any Errors and Conflicts, then make a thorough diagnosis and fix all those errors and conflicts in your system. Also give you a complete diagnosis and deep scan of your current performance status and suggest optimizations, then clean out any junk and accelerate the whole system. Features of this program include: Ending slow downs, freezes, crashes, and security threats. Scanning and finding what other utilities miss on your PC. Keeping your PC error-free and running more smoothly than ever. Do a search for this.
The strongest free protection for your computer is:
Comodo Pro (firewall) and AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0
More user friendly option:
ZoneAlarm (firewall) simpler to use and requires less setting up then Comodo Pro
All available from download.com
Would also recommend that you use a safer browser like Firefox, and download additional anti-spyware software my favourite is Ad-aware 2008.
I recently removed my McAfee firewall and installed Comodo Pro, its the best firewall I’ve ever used and comes top in leaktests (see below) if after installing Comodo you get too many warnings turn the defence + setting to clean computer.
http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
(Don’t use AntiVir, some people recommended Avira AntiVir to me so I removed AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 and installed AntiVir but I could not get it to update, the forums are full of people having the same problem)
Lysander_LSD: You shouldn’t be running AVG and Norton 2008 at the same time they both have real-time anti-virus scanners and will conflict with each other.
No you don’t have the viruses as the pop ups stated from those rogues. What you have there is Smitfraud. If XpAntivirus and Antivirus has been installed on your system without your permission, or you are seeing popup advertising, or recommending that you use XpAntivirus and Antivirus 2008, your system is infected with the zlob trojan. You can see more in the link down below.
You can use the same program (Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware) to remove them, and it’s free to use as well. By the way, conventional security programs including Spybot, Lavasoft, Avast, AVG, Avira, Lavasoft cannot remove this kind of infection. And you don’t need to disable your system restore, because if you do, you’ll lose all your restore points. I don’t know why this is suggested, I looked all over and cannot find one forum which suggested disabling system restore for removal of rogue programs.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3510&pid=13040&st=0&#entry13040
(Windows XP and 2000 ONLY. If you are running a different version of Windows, skip this step and start at the next paragraph) Download SmitFraudFix and restart your computer in safe mode. Once in safe mode, disable System Restore, and run the program, running options 2,3, and 5. Then restart your computer in normal mode.
Now make sure that you have an up to date antivirus program (If you don’t, install Avira AntiVir Personal. It has considerably higher detection rates than AVG, and marginally higher detection rates than Avast!. If you have one that has expired, uninstall it with RevoUninstaller and then install Avira AntiVir Personal). I would also recommend that you use ThreatFire, Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, and Comodo Firewall (Just like with the antivirus above, you should only have ONE firewall). Once they are installed, disable System Restore and do full scans with all of them. If you need any extra help, feel free to send me a message on Yahoo Messenger and I can walk you through it or help you some more.
Spyware Stop
AVG.
its great.
its fast and reliable, not to mention cheap. i use it, along with Norton 2008 v2.0
it even scans ur google earches and wont let unwanted things happen without ur permitiion. 10/10
download from filehippo.com without any adware etc.
AVG antivirus
Ad-adware. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
It is free!
This is not going to be easy. You need some "know How" ecommend you take it to the geek squad at best buy. Fairly cheap labor
If you feel up to it…..
Use a friends computer and get some software on CD using your friends intarweb connection…
Get adaware from lavasoft for apyware, trojans….look up the virus name on the Symantec site or the McAfee site. Some come with free removal tools, and some, you need to purchase the software.
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s informed consent.
While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user’s behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spyware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs. In an attempt to increase the understanding of spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software.
In response to the emergence of spyware, a small industry has sprung up dealing in anti-spyware software. Running anti-spyware software has become a widely recognized element of computer security best practices for Microsoft Windows desktop computers. A number of jurisdictions have passed anti-spyware laws, which usually target any software that is surreptitiously installed to control a user’s computer
-=Anti-spyware programs=-
Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware 2008Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products designed to remove or block spyware. Steve Gibson’s OptOut pioneered a growing category. Programs such as Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware SE (free scans for non-commercial users, must pay for other features) and Patrick Kolla’s Spybot – Search & Destroy (all features free for non-commercial use) rapidly gained popularity as effective tools to remove, and in some cases intercept, spyware programs. More recently Microsoft acquired the GIANT AntiSpyware software, rebranding it as Windows AntiSpyware beta and releasing it as a free download for Genuine Windows XP and Windows 2003 users. In 2006, Microsoft renamed the beta software to Windows Defender (free), and it was released as a free download in October 2006 and is included as standard with Windows Vista. Other well-known commercial anti-spyware products include:
PC Tools’s Spyware Doctor (free scans but you have to pay to remove the spyware)
Sunbelt Software’s Counterspy (15-day free trial)
Trend Micro’s HijackThis (free)
Webroot Software’s Spy Sweeper (free version does not remove spyware)
ParetoLogic’s Anti-Spyware and XoftSpy SE (free version does not remove spyware)
Major anti-virus firms such as Symantec, McAfee and Sophos have come later to the table, adding anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products. Early on, anti-virus firms expressed reluctance to add anti-spyware functions, citing lawsuits brought by spyware authors against the authors of web sites and programs which described their products as "spyware". However, recent versions of these major firms’ home and business anti-virus products do include anti-spyware functions, albeit treated differently from viruses. Symantec Anti-Virus, for instance, categorizes spyware programs as "extended threats" and now offers real-time protection from them (as it does for viruses).
Recently, the anti-virus company Grisoft, creator of AVG Anti-Virus, acquired anti-spyware firm Ewido Networks, re-labeling their Ewido anti-spyware program as AVG Anti-Spyware Professional Edition. AVG also used this product to add an integrated anti-spyware solution to some versions of the AVG Anti-Virus family of products, plus made a freeware AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition available for private and non-commercial use. This shows a trend by anti virus companies to launch a dedicated solution to spyware and malware. Zone Labs, creator of Zone Alarm firewall have also released an anti-spyware program.
-=Fake anti-spyware programs=-
See also: List of fake anti-spyware programs
See also: Rogue software
Malicious programmers have released a large number of fake anti-spyware programs, and widely distributed Web banner ads now spuriously warn users that their computers have been infected with spyware, directing them to purchase programs which do not actually remove spyware—or worse, may add more spyware of their own.[44][45]
The recent proliferation of fake or spoofed antivirus products has occasioned some concern. Such products often bill themselves as antispyware, antivirus, or registry cleaners, and sometimes feature popups prompting users to install them. This software is called rogue software.
It recommended that users do not install any freeware claiming to be anti-spyware unless it is verified to be legitimate. Some known offenders include:
AntiVirus Gold
ContraVirus
Errorsafe (AKA system doctor)
MacSweeper
PAL Spyware Remover
Pest Trap
PSGuard
SpywareStrike
Spyware Quake
Spydawn
Spylocked
SpyShredder
Spy Sheriff
Spy Wiper
UltimateCleaner
WinAntiVirus Pro 2006
WinFixer
WorldAntiSpy
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