A good free spyware detection software?

[raildogg]

Hello, I just uninstalled Spyware Doctor because of its update problems and other problems. I now want something that does a good job at detecting spyware. Any suggestions please?




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[Muadib]

John setup this site. Try one of these.

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: Muadib
John setup this site. Try one of these.

I just downloaded SuperAntiSpyware. Thanks.

 

[law9933]

Super is still good, but MalwareBytes is now used by HJT advisers, also free. Use both

 

[bruceb]

I agree about MalwareBytes .. a good program to remove some virus & trojans that get in. If you want real time protection in MalwareBytes, I think the License code is $29.95 and it is a One Time Fee

 

[Sam25]

I've used Superantispyware and it really is very good. Got to give Malwarebytes a try sometime.

 

[BW86]

I've been using Spybot for some time now and it hasn't given me any problems. I'll give SAS a try when I get home. Also I use Spywareblaster to restrict unwanted sites.

 

[mentalcrisis00]

Virus or unwanted program 'HEUR/HTML.Malware [heuristic]'
detected in file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Big White Box\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\wx49i6wt.default\Cache\EBBCA486d01.
Action performed: Deny access

Avira just gave me this message with I tried to go to www.superantispyware.com , is it a false positive? I'm a little puzzled.

 

[Sam25]

Yes, chances are it's a false positive. Just read the last post on this page below:

http://forum.avira.com/wbb/ind...e=Thread&postID=679581

 

[mentalcrisis00]

"New virus or I'm getting paranoid?"

Usually I'm the latter I read avira's website on this scanner and evidently it has a high level of detection but creates a lot of false positives because of the nature of some peoples webpages.

so false alarm

 

[Sam25]

Yup, thought so...false alarm.