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Ad-Aware Free

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  • File Size: 89197 kb
  • v 8.2.0
  • Freeware

Ad-Aware Free is an adware and spyware removal tool that scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components. It then lists the results and offers to remove or quarantine the components. The program detects a wide range of adware/spyware related issues and can be updated with the latest signatures via the built-in update utility. The free version has limited real-time protection, only processes are scanned.

SpywareBlaster

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  • File Size: 3030 kb
  • v 4.4
  • Freeware

SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of many so-called spyware, adware and malware programs by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage. This allows you to run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but it will never download or even prompt you for any of the known ActiveX controls. All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work fine. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these known spyware Active-X controls and can be updated with the click of a button. The application windows displays a list of all controls that it is able to detect (this is not a list of what was found on your computer). The program cannot detect if you have any of the known objects already installed, but if you do, they will be disabled. The program also allows you to take a snapshot of your computer (certain settings) in its clean state and later revert many changes made by spyware and browser hijackers.

Spybot Search and Destroy

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  • File Size: 16025 kb
  • v 1.6.2
  • Freeware

Spybot - Search and Destroy is an adware and spyware detection and removal tool. This includes removal of certain advertising components, that may gather statistics as well as detection of various keylogging and other spy utilities. In addition, it also securely removes PC and Internet usage tracks, including browser history, temporary pages, cookies (with option to keep selected) and more. You can exclude selected cookies, programs or extensions from being reported, allowing you to prevent false positive messages for items that you dont want to be alerted of every time. The program can even scan your download directory for files that have been downloaded, but not yet installed, allowing you to detect unwanted programs before you even install them. SpyBot produces a detailed and easy to understand report before it deletes any files and allows you to deselect any item that you do not want to be processed. Furthermore, a recovery feature allows you to restore your settings if needed.

SUPERAntiSpyware (Free Edition)

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  • File Size: 9115 kb
  • v 4.42.1000
  • Freeware

SUPERAntiSpyware scans your computer for known Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers and many other types of threats, and allows you to remove or quarantine them. It offers daily (manual) definition updates, as well as home page hijack protection and customizable scan options. Furthermore, the program includes a Repair feature that allows you to restore various settings which are often changed by malware programs, but usually not corrected by simply removing the parasite. The free version lacks real-time blocking and protection as well as several other advanced options.

Spyware Terminator

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  • File Size: 11441 kb
  • v 2.7.2.125
  • Freeware

Spyware Terminator is a feature packed adware and spyware scanner with real-time protection that can remove or quarantine spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats. The scan behavior can be customized based on your level of experience, ranging from automatic interception to complete user control over how to handle any potential threats. Spyware Terminator offers manual and scheduled scans as well as real-time protection for your browser settings, HOSTS file, startup entries and other system areas. The program can optionally use ClamAV for additional virus protection. Other features include a file analysis tool, system restore, Locked File Removal, integrated spyware reporting, automatic updates and more.

Norman Malware Cleaner

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  • File Size: 75752 kb
  • v 2010 (latest)
  • Freeware

Norman Malware Cleaner is a standalone virus and malware removal tool that can detect and remove specific malicious software (malware) from your PC. The program does not require installation and does not provide proactive protection from future infections. It is designed to clean a computer that has already been infected.

EMCO Malware Destroyer

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  • File Size: 43508 kb
  • v 5.2.20
  • Freeware

EMCO Malware Destroyer performs a quick scan for more than 7600 malware, adware, Trojans etc. The program lacks the advanced features of other anti-spyware solutions, as well as detailed descriptions or reasons for most of the detected items. It also produced several false positive results during our review. Unreliable as primary choice of protection, but may be useful as a second or third opinion.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

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  • File Size: 6009 kb
  • v 1.46
  • Freeware
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a simple and straightforward malware scanner that can detect and remove a variety of malicious programs from your computer. The program offers mostly basic features, including quarantine of infected files, as well as an ignore list and command-line options.

The free version is well suited for on-demand scanning and removal but does not offer any real-time protection or scheduled scans. If you want real-time protection, you will need to purchase the full version.

TrendMicro HijackThis

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  • File Size: 793 kb
  • v 2.0.2
  • Freeware

TrendMicro HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you to inspect, and optionally remove selected items. The program can create a backup of your original settings and also ignore selected items. Additional features include a startup list report, hosts file manager, uninstall manager and some other tools. Intended for advanced users.

Perfect Process

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  • File Size: 3978 kb
  • v 1.1
  • Freeware

Perfect Process is a spyware/adware shield that protects your computer in real-time from more than a 1000 potential spyware and malware programs. The program can also connect to a network machine and perform a remote scan (administrator privileges required). In addition, Perfect Process provides several additional tools, a startup manager, and a detailed process viewer that provides in-depth information for many running processes, as well as statistics for recently started programs, browser home page protection and more. The program is not nearly as sophisticated as other spyware scanners, but offers a good set of features for advanced users.

Emisoft a-squared Free

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  • File Size: 84377 kb
  • v 4.5.0.27c
  • Freeware

a-squared Free scans your computer for adware, malware and spyware and their traces and offers to remove or quarantine any items found during the scan. The program lacks real-time protection, scheduled scans and automatic updates - all these features are available in a commercial version. The free version is useful as a second opinion but not recommended as primary malware defense.

Norton Power Eraser

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  • File Size: 5582 kb
  • v 1.5.0.42
  • Freeware

Norton Power Eraser is a standalone tool claims to find and eliminate malware items that are difficult to remove or often overlooked by other spyware scanners. The program uses aggressive methods and is intended as a last resort, after you have exhausted other options. We agree, Norton Power Eraser should definitely be the very last app to use for malware removal because the accuracy of the results is comparable to a shot in the dark. All the programs it found during our test scan were false positives, many of them apparently flagged because the Norton user database did not have sufficient information on the file or there were `some indication` that the file is untrustworthy (unfortunately they don`t disclose what those indications are). Maybe Power Eraser will become more useful as the user community grows and accuracy of the results increases, but until then you should look elsewhere for comprehensive malware detection.

X-RayPC Spyware Process Analyzer

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  • File Size: 331 kb
  • v 1.001 beta
  • Freeware

X-RayPC Spyware Process Analyzer is as a tool to assist expert spyware researchers in quicly analyzing a PC. It performs a quick scan of all active processes, auto-start programs, BHOs, and IE Download Program Files/Plugins, and marks items as Good, Bad or Undetermined. The program does not provide a full, in-depth scan by any means, and is not intended to replace your anti-spyware defenses, but rather to compliment them. X-RayPC Spyware Process Analyzer is small and portable, you can put it on a USB stick and scan a computer without having to install any software. Since the queries are performed via an online database, there are no signature updates required either. If the program finds a Bad item, you can choose to deactivate it immediately, and also export the results as report.

ArovaxShield

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  • File Size: 1961 kb
  • v 2.1.95
  • Freeware

Arovax Shield is a real-time protection program that can guard your computer from common threats like spyware, adware and other malware that attempt to make changes to your system. It monitors the auto-start entries, browser extensions and HOSTS file, and alerts you if any changes are being made to them. In addition, it can block IE hijacks, as well as tracking cookies. The program does not scan for or identify any adware or spyware, however it alerts you of changes that may indicate such a malicious program. You can also choose to block selected changes automatically.

NSIS Media Remover

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  • File Size: 49 kb
  • v 1.1
  • Freeware

NSIS Media Remover scans your computer and removes installed files and registry keys related to NSIS Media, a notorious malware parasite that serves advertising from your computer. The program can detect and remove 100+ dll files as well as CLSIDs, shell extensions and everything else related to the parasite.

EULAlyzer

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  • File Size: 1705 kb
  • v 2.0
  • Freeware

EULAlyzer helps you to spot important information in the license agreements that come with most software products - the long text that you should read, but rarely do. The program scans the license agreement and looks for certain `interesting` keywords that may indicate information sharing, advertising bundles or other privacy related issue buried in the license agreement. It then produces an itemized report that allows you to take a close look before proceeding with the installation. In order to analyze the license agreement, you can copy/paste it into the program, or use a handy drop target to capture the text. An optional Pro version that automates the analysis is available for a charge.

SpyBHORemover

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  • File Size: 1286 kb
  • v 2.5
  • Freeware

SpyBHORemover examines all your installed Internet Explorer BHOs (Browser Helper Objects) and produces a risk assessment report that shows which BHOs might be dangerous or are suspicious. The program uses internal heuristics to determine the risk of each item, and you can also verify the results by checking a suspicious file with VirusTotal or other online resources via the provide links. SpyBHORemover provides an easy to read, color coded report and allows you to remove or disable any of the installed BHOs. Standalone, no installation.

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