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Soul Sojourner:
Well, there's about a million free programs out there. And a million you can pay for.

However, in my experience, I have determined the best of the best to be Spyware Doctor. This is a paid for program, and everybody knows there is always another 'method' as well. Do not[/i] pm me about it, I will not provide you with warez. The program, has been put up against multiple other anti-spyware programs, including many of the top-of-the-line ones as well, such as spysweeper. I have always found the doctor to find spyware the others would always miss, and rarely miss any itself. So this, I highly recommend. And yes, I also highly recommend purchasing it rather than the 'other' method. Also, you can download it, and just use it to 'find' the spyware, you don't need to remove it with the program, you can look at the logs and remove it manually if you know what you're doing.

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

They also have free "starter editions" floating around for Spyware Doctor from time to time. You might be able to find a good one if you look.

Now, on to the free stuff right? Okay, okay, I'm getting there.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is the absolute best free anti-spyware program I've been able to find other than starter editions of Spyware Doctor. It is also much lighter and less cpu-intensive (especially useful for older computers) than Spyware Doctor is. Typically, I use Malwarebytes as my main anti-spyware program and run it often, and then I occasionally use a starter edition of Spyware Doctor for a good thorough clean, that's a little more time consuming. Here is a link to Malwarebytes website, they have a free version and a non-free one:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Ad-Aware is one of the most popular free anti-spyware programs. I'm not too fond of it, myself. Find it here:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...ubj=dl&tag=top5

Spyware bot, or Spybot, search and destroy is another popular one, however, I wouldn't put it on my recommend list.
http://spywarebot.com/?hop=advanced99&p=3&...45447&oid=&aid=

Some other ones/tools:
CounterSpy
Ewido
Windows Defender
SpySweeper
Adaware Away
EZPCFix
CWShredder (For Cool Web Search Removal)
HijackThis (Helpful Tool)
HijackThis Analyzer (Use with HijackThis)
Pest Patrol
Trend Micro Scanner
XP Anti-Spy
Security Task Manager (Very Useful Tool)

Die nasty spyware! :lol:

Anheg:
I bought Spyware Doctor today and first scan it found 205 items.

"I like!" - Borat

Soul Sojourner:
Yes, it's awesome. I've used alot of other ones that are said to be really good and popular, and they never found anything Spyware Doctor didn't... but, they also missed some that Spyware Doctor found. I haven't seen SD miss anything so far. It'd be a first.

Soul Sojourner:
Small update. I think Spyware Doctor now has a 'free' version out for use. It's version 5.5. I am not completely sure on this, as I got mine through a torrent and it may have been cracked in some way. However, I don't think it was and it never asked me for a serial of any kind.

Here is a link: http://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor/3000-8022_4-10293212.html

Ever since version 5 came out, I've been more and more disappointed with the way it runs. I do not like how hard it is on your cpu or how the program is set up. However, if you're using it just to scan and remove from time to time, like I do, I recommend keeping it disabled and deactivated at all times, with the security features off, and only reactivating it to update and scan, deactivating it when you're through. It works great for me like that and still does a good job, so I still recommend it as #1. =)

I would also like to mention that PCTools has some other really great tools you might want to have a look at on their site. =D

As always, if anybody else has any information they want to post about SD or anti-spyware in general, feel free to do so.

Mo:
AVG Free 8.0 now has a spyware scanner included.

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