Free Spyware Removers

Ad-Aware SE Personal is one of the best-known and oldest spyware removers. It will scan your hard drive, RAM and operating system for known spywares and adwares such as trojans, dialers, browser hijackers and any privacy invading elements and let you decide what you need to clean with a user friendly interface. It logs the information and even let you quarantine certain elements if you are not sure what to do with them. It also stays up to date automatically, asking you if you want to update your list of known spywares upon launching the program.

Spybot - Search & Destroy, available in a multitude of languages, is another well-known spyware blocker. It will scan your computer system for known spywares and adwares and any privacy invading elements, like tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of your habits. After scanning, you have access to a detailed report that gives you the option of removing or ignoring certain elements. It stays up to date with an online list of current spyware threats. You can also examine for spyware related registry inconsistencies.

A new comer in the field, but not without name recognition, Microsoft® Windows Defender is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. The scanning engine in Windows AntiSpyware uses a definition library of over 100,000 threat files and settings. It stays up-to-date with an online list of current spyware threats. It protects you against spyware that may slow down your computer, create pop-up ads, retrieve private information or change your system preferences.

SUPERAntiSpyware is another interesting anti spyware program that should be tried along with the previous ones if you're trying to fix a tricky issue. It detects and remove spyware, adware, malware, trojans, dialers, worms, keyLoggers, hiJackers, parasites, rootkits and many other types of threats. It will also repair broken internet connections, desktops, registry editing.

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects a multitude of spywares, adwares, trojans, and keyloggers, often found in popular P2P programs, and will take you into a step by step instruction process to remove them. Bazooka will remove CoolWebSearch, Gator, GAIN, Bargain Buddy, CommonName, FlashTrack, IPInsight, nCase, SaveNow, and WurldMedia.