What are
the Best Tools for Removing Spyware, Adware, and Malware?
If you have been on the Internet for any length
of time, you've probably ran across the topic of spyware, adware, or
malware. This is software that has installed on your computer, many
times without your permission, or accidentally by clicking on a popup
ad, etc. The problem with these programs is they will slow your
computer down, make changes to your desktop, homepage, search page,
load programs into your taskbar tray and otherwise get in the way. In
the worst cases, they will even transmit information from your computer
to servers on the Internet.
So
the question becomes, if your computer is infected with these
problematic programs, how do you get rid of them. In most cases, you
can run a free removal program to remove these infections, in more
serious cases, you may have to download a specialized removal program
to free yourself of these problems.
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below you will find the best freeware programs available on the
Internet for removing spyware, adware, and malware:
Adware
and Spyware Removal
Lavasoft
Ad-Aware 2008
Spybot
Search and Destroy 1.6 MalwareBytes Anti-Malware highly recommended
Microsoft
Windows Defender SuperAntiSpyware A great program for removing those pesty Zlob trojan infections
Ewido
Anti-Malware
a˛
(a-squared) Scanner
Preventing
the Installation of Adware and Spyware
SpywareBlaster
3.5.1
SpywareGuard
2.2
Specialized
Removal Programs
About:Buster
- Removal of CWS HomeSearch Hijacker or res:// hijacker Combofix - all in one removal tool for many issues CWShredder
2.19 - CoolWebSearch Removal Tool from Trend Micro
Elite
Toolbar Remover
I-Lookup Toolbar Uninstallers - Version
1 and Version
2
Incredifind
and PerfectNav Uninstaller
Kill2Me
- Removal of Look2Me infections
Lop.com
Uninstaller
OmegaKiller
for removing hijackers like
Omegasearch.com
Prosearching.com. Search200.com. Mysearchnow.com. Searchexe.com SDFix - another multitask removal tool
SmitRem
for removing Spyaxe, SpySheriff, Winhound and others
VX2.BetterInternet
for XP/2000 for Removing Look2Me
VX2.BetterInternet
for Windows 9X for Removing Look2Me
WildTangent
Remover
Programs
to
Delete Undeletable Files
Pocket
Killbox
Remove
on Reboot Shell Extension
Unlocker
Helpful
Tools for Investigating Adware and Spyware Infections
HijackThis
SysInternals
Process Explorer
Sysinterals
RootkitRevealer
Online Virus
Checkers
Trend
Micro Housecall - will scan and remove threats
BitDefender Scan Online - will
scan and remove threats
Ewido
Online Scanner - (Now AVG) will scan and remove threats F-Secure Online Scanner - will scan for rootkits as well Jotti's
Online Malware Scan
Kaspersky
Online Scanner - appears to only
scan for but not remove threats
Panda Activescan - appears to only
scan for but not remove threats
McAfee FreeScan - appears to only
scan for but not remove threats
eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner -
will scan and remove threats
Symantec Security Check - will
scan and remove threats
Dr.Web Online Check
- user can upload and
test for threats on particular files Rootkit Removal Tools
Trojan
Scanner
TrojanScan
by WindowsSecurity.com
Free Antivirus
Programs to Download
ANTI-VIR
AVAST
AVG
TCP/IP
and Winsock Repair Utilities for Windows XP and 2000
LSPFix
by Cexx.org
Winsock
XP Fix
XP
TCP/IP Repair utility
IEFix Utility
for correcting Internet Explorer problems
Variety of Great Freeware Utilities for
everything from Password Recovery Tools to Network Monitoring Tools and
more.
If there
are other spyware/adware removal tools that you think should be listed
here, please email me.
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