Germfreesonyma

Is there a freeware anti-spyware scanner?

professor-axim

Many....

Spybot
Ad-Aware
MS Anti-Spyware

to name a few.

Prof-ax

X5X5X5

You could throw Hijack This into that list as well...use at your own risk.

Howard2k

I'm assuming that we're not talking about PPC Spyware so I've moved this out of the X5 forum.

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kulnet

Also try Spyware Blaster

DanmanX

CCleaner, Spy Bot: S&D, Ad-Aware, Spysweeper and MS Anti Spyware I use to clean my system.

RobMan

don't forget cwshredder to remove coolwebsearch

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Bud Pritchard

One problem I had recently was all the spyware programs I ran wouldn't remove the Huntbar registry entries - ..\BTIEIN\..
Trying to remove via regedit keep giving me access denied. Even in safe mode.

Researching and trying remedys found after googling never worked.
Until I found, after much digging around, that even though your user id has administrative rights, if the registry entry was created under another user's id, you can't remove it until you log on as that user and then delete.

Worked for me when I logged on under my son's log on. Was able to delete the entry.

The Huntbar problem had been irritating me for a year and a half. The actual program and associated stuff was removed, just the registry entry was hanging around. I finally wanted it removed without formating and reloading windows. Or having to mess around with the registry hives.

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Howard2k

Even if you don't have permission to the key, you can take ownership of it from an admin account and then re-assign permissions. But you got it sorted, that's the main thing. :)

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Bud Pritchard

Originally Posted by Howard2k

Even if you don't have permission to the key, you can take ownership of it from an admin account and then re-assign permissions. But you got it sorted, that's the main thing. :)

I tried that. Didn't work.
Which makes no sense to me.

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Kool Breeze

You also probably want to use multiple spyware removers. I've found that after running Ad-Aware, Spybot will find some more, and vice-versa. Even when I've downloaded the latest updates for both! Go figure.

razor1394

Microsoft antispyware and Adaware has made deals with certain spyware makers so I wouldn't recommend them. Either use "Spybot search and destroy" or change to an OS that is immune to spyware.

tancerman

I hate webroot spysweaper. It is a very awkward program. I mainly just use Microsoft Antispyware. It works pretty well. Before that came out, I used ad aware.

wooch

Originally Posted by tancerman

I hate webroot spysweaper. It is a very awkward program. I mainly just use Microsoft Antispyware. It works pretty well. Before that came out, I used ad aware.

Actually, out of all the apps listed, the Webroot product is my Favorite. Just out of curiosity, why do you find it awkward, and have you upgraded to verison 4.0? I do agree that the MS product is an excellent product . . .

Bobthesleeples

AdAware is the best

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