FREE spyware (recomend me)

[hovis]

everyone i try says its free, then, after the check it says perchese online at £30

i have avast, but since going on limewire i keep geeting messages saying i need to get spyware?

please:help:

[Lissa]

Try these Hovis. Used AVG for a few years now and always been very good.

http://free.grisoft.com/

[lookskyward1]

AVG
Spybot
Ad Aware
Zone Alarm for your firewall.

All free :smt026but sometime need re-registering;)

[Blue_SV650S]

I was recommended this a while back - Job done! :-

http://www.superantispyware.com

[the_lone_wolf]

everyone i try says its free, then, after the check it says perchese online at £30

i have avast, but since going on limewire i keep geeting messages saying i need to get spyware?

please:help:
if you have messages popping up saying you need to get spyware protection, the chances are that you actually have something on your system, the popups are a ploy to get you to go to a website and download more malware, thinking that you are curing the popups...

[Seggons]

This is a alternative that's all done online. All that is downloaded is a couple of java files. http://prerelease.trendmicro-europe.com/hc66/launch/

[stewie]

I recommend spyware terminator, plus AVG, crap cleaner ( now called C Cleaner ) and eumig reg cleaner, although tbh I dont use eumig very often.

[fizzwheel]

if you have messages popping up saying you need to get spyware protection, the chances are that you actually have something on your system, the popups are a ploy to get you to go to a website and download more malware, thinking that you are curing the popups...

What he said.

I use Adaware because it works and its free, but it doesnt shift some of the malware, so you might want to try a couple of products.

HTH

[hovis]

thanks........... just doing the AVG one for starters, i had this before, and it seemed to do the trick, my pc has been fine until i went on limewire, i have heard that you can pick up things off there?

[jambo]

All Spyware is free HTH

[hovis]

just done the AVG one, it took 57 mins and did not find owt?

[2mths]

Limewire - just don't do it.

Some of the best security you can use on a PC is common sense and sensible precautions. Don't use peer-to-peer software, don't open emails you aren't expecting or are suspicous of, don't run attachments willy nilly, don't just click to install brower extensions etc.

Adding software to fix a problem you create yourself seems... daft to me.

[-Ralph-]

In addition to those mentioned above....

Windows defender is free. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Yahoo toolbar also includes free anti spyware, but if I remember rightly you have to run it manually, it doesn't do a scheduled scan, I could be wrong.

[orose]

I didn't see a recommendation for two products I think are very good in this - Spybot S&D and HijackThis!. The latter is a bit technical for the average user, but it will wipe out some of the more hellish spyware out there.

Both are free, but are subject to scams where you're forced to pay for it - if that isn't a sign of quality, I don't know what is.

[hovis]

Adding software to fix a problem you create yourself seems... daft to me.

so what do you sugest?

[stewie]

Have you defragged your system lately, wont actually stop spyware but will have it running a bit better, btw one of the best spyware progs is from a firm called commodo but is a parently not for the faint hearted in both setting up and running

[hovis]

Have you defragged your system lately

who?:confused:

[stewie]

Right Im no expert here, but as your system works it moves around files and the files get a bit disorganised and it can slow your system down , go to start, all programs,accessories then scroll down to system tools and click on defrag, when you get to defrag it will give you the chioce to analyze it, if you havent defragged before it will probably need doing and it can take a while but might be worth doin it though, like I say Im no expert but there plenty of I.T. bods on here so might be worth waiting for what they suggest

[rwoodcock01]

Assumming its spyware/malware here is a little guide for you from the Majorgeeks forum, don't let the name worry you:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

I usually use, ad-aware, CW shedder, Hijack this and C Cleaner, all can be got from the majorgeek forum:

http:www.majorgeeks.com

Otherwise how old is the PC, How much memory and hard drive space does it have? Might be your trying to run to much on the PC and its slowing down.

Cheers, freezing nicely in the server room ;)

Rich

[timwilky]

another useful tool is the sysinternals rootkit revealer. Rootkits can hide quite well from other av and spyware tools

[rwoodcock01]

How to defrag, not being insulting but a simple guide for you:

http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/instructions/defrag.htm

Cheers

Rich

[Viney]

everyone i try says its free, then, after the check it says perchese online at £30

i have avast, but since going on limewire i keep geeting messages saying i need to get spyware?

please:help:Stop using Limewire. More and more files on there are virus/spyware infected.
I'll drop you a PM

[stewie]

There is a programme called trojan hunter as well, I used it on a months trial and found all sorts of stuff lurkin in there

[hovis]

Stop using Limewire. More and more files on there are virus/spyware infected.
I'll drop you a PM

i have not used it for ages........... and have now just deleted limewire from my PC

[stewie]

i have not used it for ages........... and have now just deleted limewire from my PC

Have you ? I thought I had as well but it keeps turning up in program files and small files tucked away that I happen on occasionally....:(

[peterco]

I have
Rouge remover,spybot,lavasoft adaware,avg.

pete

[phil24_7]

Stop using Limewire. More and more files on there are virus/spyware infected.
I'll drop you a PM

Used limewire for years and had no problems yet, only had virus's detected a handfull of times all of which my AV software dealt with long before it becme a problem.

I you use your brain when your downloading and you have proper protection (oo-er!) you limit the risk quite considerably.

[Seggons]

For best all round protection ( ;) ) torrents are the way to go.

[wyrdness]

For best all round protection ( ;) ) torrents are the way to go.

For best all round protection Linux or OS X are the way to go. I've never had a virus or spyware infection with either.

[toonyank]

I know it can be a pain but if you don't have a great deal of "stuf" on you PC that you can't reinstall a complete format and reinstall will sort it out and you'll have a nice speedy PC in the end. Don't forget to back up your data :)