Is there a good, free, spyware remover??

[einmensch]

System Mechanic-I like it
Bit defender has a very good defence system
neither are free

 

[#juan]

I ended up doing exactly what Durka suggested and it seems to be running fine. I took most of the extra things off the start menu and scanned it with Malwarebyte anti-malware and gave it a full defrag. Thanks Durka

 

[hermanntrude]

If I want to completely clean up my computer I do the following, and it ALWAYS works:

first I download and run the latest version of "hijackthis" and run it and save the log file.

Then I go to "panda active scan" which is a wonderful deep-scanning program which you dont have to actually download... it does it all online.

Then I go to lockergnome and select "help" and "forums". Then I go to the general forum, and the "hijack this logs" subforum. There I post the results of both scans, beg for help and wait for a reply. There's a guy there called greyknight who is a systems analyst. he takes a day or two to respond but when he does he gives you complete instructions on how to clean your computer.

He is my saviour three times over so far.

 

[Guillaume]

Search for AVAST via Google. It's FREE and updated very frequently.

 

[#juan]

AML registry cleaner

is about as good as anything out there.

 

[grumpydigger]

superantispyware free and malwarebytes are tops

 

[brewmaster]

CCcleaner + ad-aware

CCcleaner + ad-aware is what I used to use.

If I still used windows, I would just keep personal files on a separate HD partition, and all system / temporary files on another. If things go to hell, just re-install on the system partition and don't touch the personal data partition. Of course, don't go saving '.exe' e-mail attachments into your personal partition