Meely Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hello gang, As of late my computer functions crawl along at a snail's pace. I figured my puter is prolly laced with some sort of Spyware which is slowing it down. Can anyone recommend a good (free) version of a spyware removal program and where to get it? Tnx, Meely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Spybot - Search and Destroy. Just google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Adware as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Recently had some 'downloader' thing come off facebook. Ran Spybot and Lavasoft ad- aware and they found nothing. Ran AVG Anti-spyware and it found and removed the thing slowing and messing up my computer. Maybe try AVG it was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendel Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Avg or superantispyware.com it does a really good job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governator Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I've had AVG running for years.... A+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Another thing to really get your computer to run faster is get rid of Microsoft Explorer and use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. That was the BEST thing I ever did to surf the web. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Best thing to run is ATF Cleaner first, then Malwarebytes Anti Malware. Make sure you update Malwrebytes first before running. Trust me, that anti-malware program puts others to shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicephalic Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Hey - I'm going to start broad here and if you need more detail let me know. If you have the opportunity, pull the hard drive and scan it with Kaspersky or Avast (free trials) in another computer or a usb tray. Other people have recommended AVG here - EXCELLENT product, but as of late, the free version just hasn't been cutting it for us - the pay version (under $40 US) does a better job). Download the following (all can be found by a google search): Lavaosft Ad Aware (Ad Aware SE will run in safe mode, and although old, tends to be more effective than the most recent version if you can find it), AVG Anti spyware, McAfee Stinger. Also get the following: Kazaabegone, miniremoval_coolwebsearch_smartkiller, Hijack this, CWShredder, Kill2me, SmitFraudFix(will be detected by some programs as a virus itself - it isn't), and winsockxpfix. Next (or first if you don't have the resources to scan it with another computer) - restart the computer in safe mode - (hit F8 repeatedly on boot until you see a menu where you can pick Safe mode and hit enter). Once windows is loaded run them all in the order listed above. Then reboot into regular mode - run super anti spyware, and spybot search and destoy as a follow up. oh and btw - no warranties expressed or implied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Sounds pretty thorough to me, bicephalic. Which head I be talkin to right now? This is way worse that trying to talk to someone whose eyes don't track, so you don't know which eye to look at. Should I be checking something out over my shoulder? Two heads is worser, by far. I wasn't referring to you, Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) Anti Malware gets my vote. Finds problems the others miss. Then install and run Advanced WindowsCare Personal. It has filters that keep the crap from coming back. Its really good and free. Also has a registry cleaner that speeds things up a lot. Edited November 8, 2008 by Canuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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