A Guide to Finding &  Removing Spyware and Adware

This lesson explains how you can find and remove Spyware and Adware from your infected computer. 

Once your computer is infected, you can use any of Spyware and Adware removing tool to remove it from your computer. There are many options you can choose any of the blow:

Anti Virus Software
New anti virus software are equipped  with the feature of searching and removing Spywares. You can use following Anti Virus softwares:

• TrendMicro HouseCall - An ActiveX-based virus scanner/cleaner with TrendMicro's complete antivirus database. This software is highly recommended for those without installed antivirus software.
     
• McAfee Stinger - It is a small standalone download that finds and removes only the most common current worms and viruses. Fits on a floppy disk, and is almost foolproof.
     

Spyware and Adware Removal Tools
You can also use software developed for searching and removing Spyware and Adware.

• Ad-Aware
  Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware, the world’s leading brand in antispyware solutions, has been acknowledged and awarded in a variety of distinguished magazines and publications all over the world. 
  
  Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE has been awarded the coveted PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award, which is selected by a panel of PC Magazine editors, and leading industry experts.
  
  
  "Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE series expands the capabilities of this long-established antispyware tool. With its more effective real-time blocking and even more granular configuration options, this is a product that power users." 
     
• Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) 
  Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware, including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding more than 50 ways spyware can enter your PC.
     
• Spybot Search and Destroy
  Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)