Best spyware remover
Did this ever happen to you? You are sitting down at your PC and then all of a sudden banner ads start popping up, normal sites redirect you to commercial websites, or your browser even redirects important sites like Google, Paypal, Yahoo,etc to weird looking domain names. The last browser redirection attempts are part of a phishing attack.
In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as user names, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. (Source: Wikipedia)
Phishing may be indeed the worst thing it can happen to you if you are infected by spyware and/or malware.
In order to protect your privacy online and keep all your details secure you need to be protected against such threats. This article reviews the best Spyware Remover software available on the market. Read our reviews and other people’s comment and form your own. Also we ask our readers to share with us their own experience by filling the comment form below.
The 5 best products aimed at detecting, blocking, and removing spyware from your PC:
1. Ad-Aware 2008
2009 marked the 10-year anniversary of Ad-Aware, a Lavasoft product with advanced anti-malware technology, minimal strain on system resources, and powerful protection against viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, rootkits, dialers, and much more. Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security provides complete malware protection, including Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware.
Lavasoft Homepage – The company that developed Ad-Aware 2008
Download Ad-Aware 2008 – Free
2. Spybot S & D (Search and Destroy)
Spybot is the oldest anti-spyware software. With that much experience behind them, Safer-Networking’s free software provides constant updated protection. The freeware anti-spyware solution can be downloaded in any of the 55 languages it supports.
Safer-Networking Homepage – The company that developed Spybot-Search & Destroy
Download Spybot-Search & Destroy – Free (scroll down for links)
3. Microsoft Windows Defender
This free software comes with your Windows operating system. If you don’t already have it installed then you can download it for free from Microsoft’s site. Microsoft keeps it up to date on regular basis.
Download Windows Defender for free from Microsoft’s site
4. Webroot Spy Sweeper
Spy Sweeper is considered by many to be the best anti-spyware product available. Inspired by the general trend of anti-spyware software Webroot also provides additional protection in Spy Sweeper: against both viruses and malware.
Buy the spyware removal software from the vendor’s site
5. Counter Spy
Protect your PC by removing spyware and malware with the Award winning antispyware softare Counter Spy. The trial version, unlike many other trial versions for similar antispyware software, also removes the spyware. It can be very annoying having to pay for the software just so you can get rid off a very bad malware.