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Could someone please advise on what they know works very well at
removing spyware, and detects it before it is even on my system

Alex <> wrote:

> Could someone please advise on what they know works very well at
> removing spyware, and detects it before it is even on my system

Hi

Ad-aware Aims at Adware/Spyware.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

SpybotS&D Aims for the dialers, trojans,
hijackers and security/privacy issues.
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Spyware Blaster
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

CoolWebShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

HijackThis
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/

A-spy For trojans hiding in startup entries.
http://vipmeister.com/dl/aspy/aspy.html

Info on above and more.
'Spyware Warrior'
http://www.netrn.net/spywareblog/
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/spyware.htm

Parasites: Cookies, Dialers, Keyloggers, Trackers
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/bhoindex.htm

~ Spyware Information ~
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

~Unsolicited commercial software list and info~
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

~Other software~
http://www.wilders.org/

Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware
alt.comp.anti-virus

Also serach Google and Googles archive for more information.

Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Computer Virus-Free
http://www.symantec.com/homecomputin...ry/topten.html