Getting rid of spyware and adware?
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online and free :(very cool)\nhttp://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm\nhttp://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm\nbut don't forget that it needs internet explorer.
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Spybot Search and Destroy is good for getting rid of spyware>>> http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10289035.html\nIf that doesn't work, go to pandasoftware.com.  They have a few free downloads that will get rid of all kinds of viruses, spyware, dialers, etc.
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use antivirus and anti spyware
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There's a lot of anti-spyware software out there to help you get rid of spyware. . . try "Yahoo Toolbar" which includes anti-spyware program or try Microsoft anti-spyware tool found in the downloads section of their webpage www.microsoft.com\n\nThese are just some of the free versions of anti-spyware and are just as good as some of the versions able to be purchased at sites such as www.download.com
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Download anti-virus and spyware- and adware-removing tools:\n\nFREE Anti-Virus:\n  • http://free.grisoft.com\nFREE Adware-remover:\n   • http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware\nMore FREE Downloads to keep you safe @ http://tinyurl.com/lwkmh
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SpyWare!\n\nGet Ad-aware and SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.download.com\n\nRun these to clean up your computer, before it is too late.
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Use both Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search and Destroy to clean the machine thoroughly.  Ad-Aware catches things that spybot doesn't get and vice versa.  Also consider getting a copy of CCleaner and Spyware Blaster.  All four programs are free and when used in conjuction efectively block and delete a lot of spyware from your PC.\n\nDownload the programs, install them, update them, and run them.  Also, run them at least once every 2 weeks.  Even if you have the software on your computer, the software is utterly useless unless you run them and update them regularly.\n\nHere are links to all the items I've mentioned:\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
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I recommend Adaware\n\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5\n\nI find it to be very effective, and is good at finding and removing the majority of spyware on your computer.\n\nOh, and it's free free free - my favourite kind of price
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Yes, here are a couple free programs to get rid of your spyware. Do a full system scan and then remove the items the program finds.\n\nhttp://www.download.com/Spyware-Center/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir
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It seems as though your computer has been invaded by spyware. You need to open your computer in safe mode with network support (by clicking the F8 key while your computer is starting up). Then you need to go to the following website and download one of the many free anti-spyware programs to remove all the spyware and adware that has installed itself on your computer: \nhttp://www.download.com/sort/3150-8022_4-0-1-4.html?\n\nAfter you've downloaded and installed it, run a full system scan and remove all that junk from your computer.
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Clean pc with spyware cleaner ie spybot, adaware counterspy
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Hi,\n\nUse Spybot Search & Destroy for spyware, you can get this here:\nhttp://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html\n\nUse AdAware for adware, you can get this here:\nhttp://www.adawareresource.com/co/adawareresource/?sid=M2AG0001eGS\n\nHTH
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heres information. two ways to get rid of it...so read up.\n\n\nhttp://www.spywareremove.com/removeStarware.html
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As a security consultant, this is a question I deal with a lot.  The correct answer is that there is no one product that does it all -- in order to keep your system free of adware/spyware you will need to run more than one program.  The program you're currently running, Ad Aware, is one of the programs I routinely recommend.  The second one is "Spybot32", which you can download from http://www.safer-networking.org.  Both of those programs are safe to use and work reliably.  Be EXTREMELY careful not to download antispyware products you haven't heard of before!!  Some antispyware programs will actually infect your computer with more spyware!\n\nHope this helps.
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Yeah, I agree first clean out any spyware, adware using the following:\n\nAdaware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com/\nSpybot S&D, http://www.safer-networking.org/\nMS AntiSpyware Beta - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\nand also get SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/\n\nThen scan for viruses using AVG Free, http://free.grisoft.com/\n\nThere are also a number of cleaning programs and tweaks you can do on Windows, first the cleaners:\n\nCCleaner will remove junk files and old registry entries, http://www.ccleaner.com\n\nRegCleaner will clean out old registry entries as well and might pick up a few that CCleaner missed, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html\n\nNext there is a program that will tweak the way Windows XP handles itself, this can also boost your PCs performance so download TuneXP, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php read the guide for a very helpful section on which options you should turn on or leave alone.\n\nI would also recommend defragging your hard drive using either Diskeeper (not free) or just using the built-in utility that Windows offers (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter) and let it run to completion.\n\nLastly there are a number of tweaks you can do to get Windows running EVEN faster, there are two parts, Part 1 http://xgatech.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1194&keywords=tweak&PHPSESSID=c716fdaf20b535562d9cc585479ecccc and Part 2 http://xgatech.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1223&keywords=tweak&PHPSESSID=c716fdaf20b535562d9cc585479ecccc\n\nYour computer will be running faster than it ever did when it was brand new if you do ALL of the above.
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You gotta hate spyware and adware... anyways... my two favorite programs to help out with this are Spybot and Adaware... you can get them both from http://www.download.com just do a search. Good luck :-) Also... stop using internet explorer and start using Firefox... http://getfirefox.com
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AdAware is a terrific utility for getting rid of spyware but does not protect your computer from viruses or trojans. There are free antivirus software programs available from download.com, the ones I have seen that seem to work fairly well are Avast and AVG anti virus.  You might also consider adding a firewall to prevent intrusion into your computer system. Zone Alarm is a good free one available from zonelabs.com.  Hope this helps