Having just realized how infested some people’s pc’s actually are with virii and spyrii and other-ii, I decided to do a tip on spyware removal utilities, please people, use them; It’s for your own good.

Ad-Aware

This is a spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them. Options such as scanning depth and automatic modes can be set in the preferences menu. It features a wizard-style interface that will guide you through the scanning and removal process.

It also includes backup and restore functionality, excluding of selected components, multilingual support and shell integration.

http://www.lavasoft.de/

Spybot - Search and Destroy 1.3

This program detects and removes different kinds of spyware from your computer. If you see new toolbars in Internet Explorer that you didn’t install, or you experience other problems, you may have spyware. This program prevents marketing companies from gathering information about your Web surfing and purchasing habits, and selling it to advertisers.

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php

Spyware Doctor 2.1

This is an adware and spyware removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spyware cookies, trackware, spybots and other malware from your PC. It has an option to immunize the system against hundreds of privacy threats and can also perform fast detection on Windows startup to alert you with a list of the potential identified threats.

http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

Webroot Spy Sweeper 3.0

This program safely detects and removes spyware including, Trojans, adware, key loggers and system monitoring tools like Gator, Xupiter and Backorifice. The spy definition databases are updated on a regular basis. This provides protection against the latest threats, and information on where the spies came from and the level of harm they pose.

The program also offers recommendations on how to protect yourself and your PC. Found spyware can be quarantined or disabled.

http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php

Well that’ll do it for today’s Windows Tip. I would like to apologize for the abscence of articles lately, I’ve getting settled in. So hopefully the articles will be more frequent from now on. Well for now, peace out-

-b