Free Spyware Removers

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free utilizes Malwarebytes powerful technology to detect and remove all traces of malware including worms, trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware and more.

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.

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.