At the moment I'm running AVG anti virus, Ad-Aware from Lavasoft, and Spybot - Seach and destroy. Yet I still have all sorts of hijackers and spyware on my system. Can anyone reccommend any other good free spyware/trojan/malware romover software?
Thanks in advance.

(Is this in the wrong forum?)

Hmmm... Just saw Cazors topic on page 2. Chances are nobody will be botherd to reply. That's ok.

Norton Internet Security is my recommendation - nothing's gotten through it onto my system. If you don't feel like shelling out the cash for it, you can always try ZoneAlarm.

In addition, if you use IE, use something that's NOT IE - Firefox is my recommendation.

Get HijackThis. You can use it to stop malicious software from running at startup; you'll want to be in safemode when you run it (so the nasty programs don't just rewrite their registry entries). It'll take time to learn what's malicious and what isn't (this program isn't automatic, it just gives you access to all startup info and gives suggestions and info about what various things are), but some things are blatantly obvious.

QM

Webroot Spysweeper is good with Ad-Aware and Spybot, though spybot rarely catches anything new anymore.

It's free, but I can't find the free version of it on webroot's page.

Follow my removal instructions that I posted just yesterday, and you problems should be solved.


No one tool will remove all spyware, and some spyware will stick around reguarless of tools used. The only way to get rid of it is to manually rip it out of the registry.

Get Ad-Aware. It's the best Spyware Remover. And for free!

Oh sorry. You already used it? Then, THERE IS NO ESCAPE! YOU ARE DOOMED!!!!

Ew! EWEWEWEWEWEW!

/me stabs Norton Internet Security with a rusty fork

That stuff causes so many problems with so many people's PCs that its scary that such a product would be released under that condition.

My grandma works for a Mom and Pop shop, and every single solitary system (I mean EVERY ONE, WITHOUT FAIL) has had issues with NIS, that was easily resolved once the software was removed. (And in many cases, the uninstaller fails to restore old settings, requiring registry diving, and other ugly issues.)

NO THANK YOU, keep that stuff away from me.

Dude, your grandma is awesome.