What is a good,free spyware to download?

Question

I downloaded california security and my hole computer locked up and I found one but don't know how safe it is....so any recomendations would be greatly appriciated.

Answer 1

i have windows defender, avg free, ad-aware, yahoo pop-up blocker,internet explorer pop-up blocker and windows firewall. Haven't seen any computer threats for over 6 yrs!

Answer 2

You might want to do some research first cause god only knows what your downloading(bad experiance) Go to freedownloads.com also known as cnet..you will find one there!! Good luck!! Stay safe

Answer 3

Hey girl,

You look li'l worried bout it but dnt take tension, Download AVG FRee from limewire and just type download avg free on google and avg will find place  right in your computer;s hard drive.

Suggestion: The less you think while choosing , the better it will be.    dis advice is for your lifetime . remember

Avi

Answer 4

here are some good, free programs to use. i also have windows vista and ill tell u the progs i use and what they do.

just so u know, before i had norton internet security which came with my vista, but after MONTHS of research i now know how much it sucked compared to other setups.

Spybot Search and Destroy - A general good all-around spyware removal tool with a great addition called teatimer, which always watches your registry and if a change is made it confirms with you ( kinda like UAC for the registry, at first it may seem useless or annoying but it is useful if spyware tries to set itself up in startup). Also has an 'immunize' feature which changes some internet settings to protect you.

SpywareBlaster - a good program which works like Spybot's immunize feature, except this one covers it more extensively AND allows you to take a system snapshot of your registry so when its fully clean take a snapshot and if it ever messes up u can go back to the working one instantly.

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (as someone else suggested) - it is a VERY good program specializing in Trojan removal and more advanced removal of spyware.

Avira AntiVir - the BEST FREE antivirus program i have come across on the internet.

Comodo Firewall - the BEST FREE firewall, even better than some paid firewalls i have seen.

ok so basic needs ARE firewall and antivirus, and some sort of anti-malware (general term for spyware) so if u dont want all these progs then my suggestion for minimum is comodo, avira, and MBAM OR Spybot (both which scan for spyware but for me, BOTH have found spyware the other couldnt lol so they both could be useful.

Answer 5

ad-aware

it's a great anti-spayware program that finds a lot of spyware and is very easy to delete. I'm currently using it and am happy with it

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/30...

Answer 6

personally, i like spybot search and destroy

Answer 7

search and destroy

avg

spy ware termainator

Answer 8

roadrunner

Answer 9

Hi D-R-E-A

Type mbam.exe setup in your browser. It will take you to Malaware page and download this spyware, virus, trojan detector and cleaner.

It is FREE and works on any system. We use it to get rid of all these spyware and dangerous trojans.

Once it has run the scan, just remove all that it has found and reboot your computer. You should see a biggggggggggggg difference in speed.

Answer 10

I use spybot and spyware doctor.... so far so good!

Answer 11

try the google pack. It's free and never expires, and it works really well, http://safe-google.com/pack