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Spybot - Search & Destroy (Beta)
Windows (All) / Freeware / 11,502 downloads
Spybot - Search & Destroy searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; that is, little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display. Many of these modules also transmit information, including your surfing behavior on the Internet. If it finds such modules, it can remove them. In most cases the host still runs fine after removing the spyware/adware.
Another feature is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, and Opera.
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egg831.6.1.41 Beta (Dec 18, 2008)
Have used this for years to clean spyware and other malware from many people's PC's with much success. Immunization works like a charm once an infected PC has been cleaned with this product, as it will prevent future outbreaks of spyware on ones PC. One of my all time favorite software, paid or freeware.
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Scipio
1.6.1.41 Beta (Dec 18, 2008)
Still the best. For a while back there it got a little slow, but they fixed it. Big contrast with AdAware, which got more and more bloated and unusable.
I haven't gotten any spyware past the shields for a couple of years now, knock on wood. I also use SpywareBlaster, but I think Spybot is my main protection. -
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Aegis69
1.6.1.38 Beta (Nov 18, 2008)
I use it mainly now for the immunization, if bad stuff cannot get on a computer in the first place, then there is usually nothing to clean. Which is good.
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horsecharles
1.6.1.38 Beta (Nov 18, 2008)
What do folks do to get so much malware?
I haven't gotten malware in many years 'on many AND simultaneously multiple' systems....and i go anywhere / everywhere i want....
Spybot shouldn't just be thought of as a malware scanner-- it's much more multi-faceted: has tons of internal modules that are very, very useful / take the place of other needed apps-- from uninstallers to optimizers to protectors to cleaners...to.... my favorite module is System Internals-- which corrects the countless errors of install & uninstall routines.
And what i love about this release is that it eliminates false positive alarm of my software updater app(that spybot needs updating).