I need free spyware removal software. What do you use?

[pie]

[flvegan]

1. Adaware and Spybot: Search and Destroy

Both have worked very well for me, both free.

[ET Awful]

2. The Microsoft Spyware Removal tool works surprisingly well

and it's free.

Other than that, Ad-Aware and Spybot Searc & Destroy used together work really well.

[pie]

6. What kind of cat is that? I must have one.

[ET Awful]

7. Your typical domestic longhair :)

No particular breed that I know of. Or is ravenous tuna munching purr machine a breed? :)

[pie]

9. I peaked at your website, what kind of camera do you use?

Those pictures are very good

[ET Awful]

15. Most were done with my Minolta Dimage A1 digital, but that has now

been upgraded to a Nikon D70 digital SLR.

Thanks for the compliment :).

[ghostsofgiants]

13. I use the three of those.

But I never have spyware so it's more of just a precaution.

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Adaware and Spybot combo.

Each seems to catch what the other misses.

[pie]

4. Thank you. Spyware is kickng my buns!

[Rooktoven]

5. Linux

Sorry... ;-)

[Bronco69]

8. When you're finished using Adaware and Spybot

go to www.pcpitstop.com and they will run a complete diagnosis on your computer. It's free and it will tell you if you have any other problems. I go there a lot. They are trustworthy.

[pie]

10. Great tip, very good

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Bronco is right about pcPitStop ....

That's a great site for speeding up a polluted machine, while there check the link to Fred Langa's site.
He's real big on spyware prevention as well as general computer tech and writes an excellent free weekly newsletter that's very helpful.

Here's the latest issue as an example:
http://langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-04-21.htm

on edit...I don't see the link there to Langa's site. I think now that it was the other way around....I found PcPitStop through Langa's newsletter.
Here's his link:

http://langa.com/about_fred.htm

[JohnnyRingo]

11. Webroot™ Spy Sweeper.....

It's great, but may be a pay program.
Check and see....If it's free, I highly recommend.

[mvd]

14. As people have said, use Ad-aware and Spybot S&D

They really do find different things.

Try SpywareGuard and SpywareBlaster from JavaCool software

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/products.html

Try XP anti-spy

http://xp-antispy.org/index.php?option=com_remository&func=sellang&iso=en

Try IE-Spy ad (adds sites to restricted zone)

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm

You can use Firefox for browser or block active-x in IE.

AVOID anything on this page -

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#products

[tammywammy]

16. AdAware and Spybot

That Microsoft spyware sucks, it's not worth the free download...it hasn't caught anything.
I'll run a full system mode on AdAware and then run Spybot. Sometimes Spybot will catch things that AdAware didn't.

[Bossy Monkey]

17. It's important to remember the hyphen in Ad-Aware, as there's other

outfits with the same words arranged differently that aren't the same thing. Also, since they're obviously trying to fake out people looking for Ad-Aware, they're most likely up to no good. You want Ad-Aware SE from LavaSoft, ver 1.05.

As I think is mentioned above, after you run Spybot - Search & Destroy, use its Immunization tool to block many many types of spyware and malware. Your life will be much simpler.