SpywareBlaster

Spybot S & D

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Spyware Blaster is a malware detector that will identify and remove the viruses that can sometimes be found in Active X software. It works by isolating and blocking the infected software as it attempts to load on to the PC and as such must be kept up to date to ensure that it always has the latest information on viral strains.

AVG Free from Grisoft is a good freeware anti-virus program and can be had from several different download sources.

Try Major Geeks.com, Download.com, File Hippo.com , or Spywareinfo.com

Download it,update it, run it and follow the directions to remove it.

Spybot Search and Destroy is another excellent program and the two can be run on the same machine without conflict.

To immunize your machine against many malware agents you can run SpywareBlaster along with the previously mentioned programs.

Hijackers can be detected with Hijack This.

i picked this up by clicking the ok button from a warning message from microsoft. a teckky mate helped me remove/heal.i used avg anti virus to find it but it could heal it.so i downloaded an app called "hijackthis" from download.com

i also ran spybot search and destroy.and spywareblaster.

i run windows xp pro and i have removed the virus from most of the system, but avg tells me that there are traces in he system restore files.but it wont pick up the virus when doing a full search.this message pops up every now and then and tells me to do a search. any tips on removing the virus from restore files would be gratefull. sorry cant be of any more help.

You don't need to access Windows Update. Ther are plenty of other programs to fix your computer, it's all explained on www.freecomputerrepairguide.com - take it look, it links to all sorts of free tools.

You can download other SPYWARE programs, like spywareblaster or spybot s&d. These are generally better than anything you'll find at Microsoft.

Go to Microtrend on the Internet. Very good tool.

Those first two are for grade school kids, use Webroots Spysweeper this one takes a while but found over 2800 malicious adware/spyware on my PC that spybot never even checked for... it costs but use the 30 day trial

The first time I ran Spybot S&D, I was surprised to see that a couple of Microsoft programs, or at least sponsored or partnered with Microsoft, were classified as spyware by this software. This led me to the admittedly paranoid conclusion that, in all probability, Microsoft wants to give us free adware removers to clear the field for their own spyware. I'll stick to Spybot, Adaware and Spyware Blaster, thanks very much. Good luck.