Anti-Spyware Tools

Free Tools

Lavasoft Ad-aware or http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

McAfee AntiSpyware http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=182

Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

PestPatrol http://www.ca.com/products/pestpatrol/

Spybot Search & Destroy http://beam.to/spybotsd also avaliable here

http://www.safer-networking.org/

SpySubtract http://www.intermute.com/products/spysubtract.html

Spyware Doctor http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

Sunbelt CounterSpy http://sunbeltsoftware.com/CounterSpy.cfm

Webroot Spy Sweeper http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php

X-Cleaner Deluxe http://www.xblock.com/

Note: spyware detection only (no removal).

Alken - Cult of the amazing puffins

http://www.alken.nl/spy.htm

and.doxdesk.com - Parasite Check

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

EarthLink Spy Audit

http://www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/

PestScan - Online Scanner

http://www.pestscan.com/

or http://www.my-etrust.com/products/pestscan/index.cfm

SpywareGuide.com ActiveX Spyware Scanning

http://www.spywareguide.com/txt_onlinescan.html

SpywareInfo - Online Scanner

http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php

Sunbelt - Free Online Scanner

http://www.sunbeltscan.com/

or http://www.sunbelt-software.com/dell/scan.cfm

or http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=410

Webroot Spy Audit

http://www.webroot.com/services/spyaudit_03.htm

Webroot Corporate Spy Audit

http://www.webrootdisp.net/entaudit/start.php

Winguard Spyware Detector

http://www.winguard.org/scan/

X-Cleaner Free

http://www.xblock.com/freeware

or http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml

or http://www.xblock.com/download/xcleaner_setup.exe (direct download)

or http://www.xblock.com/download/xcleaner_free.exe (direct download)

or http://www.xblock.com/xcleaner_free.exe (direct download)

or http://www.xblock.com/cgi-bin/mirror.pl/xcleaner_free.exe (direct download)

Acronis

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/privacyexpert/

Aluria

http://www.aluriasoftware.com/corporate/

BlueCoat

http://www.bluecoat.com/solutions/spyware.html

DynaComm i:scan

http://www.dciseries.com/products/iscan/

EMCO Network Malware Cleaner

http://www.emco.is/networkmalwarecleaner/features.html

Intermute

http://www.intermute.com/products/corporations.html

Lavasoft

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adawareprofessional/

McAfee

http://www.networkassociates.com/us/products/mcafee/smb/antivirus/vs_spyware_smb.htm

Norman

http://www.norman.com/Product/Home_Home_office/AntiSpyware/en

Omniquad

http://www.omniquad.com/antispyenterprise.htm

Pest Patrol

http://www.ca.com/smb/etrust/pestpatrol.htm

http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=5222

Spybot S & D Intranet Update Server

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/iuserver/index.html

Sunbelt

http://sunbeltsoftware.com/CounterSpyEnterprise.cfm

Tenebril

http://www.tenebril.com/products/ghostsurf/spycatcher-enterprise.html

Webroot

http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/enterprise/

Xblock

http://www.xblocksystems.com/products.php

Acronis Privacy Expert Suite

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/privacyexpert/

Advanced System Optimizer / Spyware Detective

http://www.systweak.com/asov2/

Adware & Spyware Firewall

http://www.flyyasoft.com/

Aluria Spyware Eliminator

http://www.aluriasoftware.com/spywareeliminator/

Bazooka Adware & Spyware Scanner

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html

EarthLink Spyware Blocker

http://www.earthlink.net/home/software/spywareblocker/

Nitrous Online's SpyBuster

http://www.spy-buster.com/

or http://www.nitrousonline.com/

Omniquad My Privacy

http://www.omniquad.com/Omniquad_MyPrivacy.htm

Omniquad AntiSpy

http://www.omniquad.com/antispy.htm

or http://www.toolsthatwork.com/antispy.htm

SpyRemover

http://www.itcompany.com/remover.htm

Spyware X-terminator

http://www.stompsoft.com/spyx/

Steganos AntiSpyware

http://www.steganos.com/?product=SASPY7

System Mechanic 5 / Spython

http://www.iolo.com/sm/

Tenebril GhostSurf

http://www.tenebril.com/products/ghostsurf/

Tenebril SpyCatcher

http://www.tenebril.com/products/ghostsurf/spycatcher.html

ActiveXcavator

http://img.cmpnet.com/byte/columns/frantz/1999/06/XCavate.exe (direct download)

or http://www.cognitronix.com/index.html#A1

ActiveX Compatibility Manager

http://nirsoft.cjb.net/

Ad-aware BHO

http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/VB_Projects/

a-squared HiJackFree

http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

BHOCaptor

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bho.html

BHO Cop

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,2023,00.asp

or http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/Multi-Platform/105/11.html

or http://www.filelibrary.com/.../bhocop.zip (direct download)

BHODemon

http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

or http://www.wilders.org/downloads.htm

BHOList

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

BHOScanner

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4529.html

Help2Go Detective

http://www.help2go.com/modules.php?name=HJTDetective

HijackThis

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

or http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html

or http://www.geocities.com/.../files.html (old)

or http://www.spywareinfo.com/.../hijackthis.zip (direct download)

Note: for instructions on using HijackThis! see HERE, HERE, and HERE.

HijackThis - Automated Online Analysis

http://hijackthis.de/index.php

IE Doctor

http://www.axesoft.com/iedr/

Microsoft - OLE/COM Object Viewer

http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/oleview.asp

SpyFlush

http://www.spyflush.com/

SpywareGuide.com Search Plugin

http://www.spywareguide.com/searchplugin.php

System Spyware Interrogator (SSI)

http://www.spywaredata.com/index.php

ToolbarCop

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm

Winsock/LSP Fix

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

or http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/... (direct download)

or http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/... (Win9x/Me)

or http://digital-solutions.co.uk/... (Win9x/Me direct download)

X-RayPC

http://www.x-raypc.com/

AdAware Checker

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/aawchecker.html

Browser Hijack Blaster

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html

BrowserSentinel

http://www.browsersentinel.com/

Doug Knox - Internet Explorer Fixes

http://www.dougknox.com/security/index.htm

DSOstop2

http://www.nsclean.com/dsostop.html

Enough is Enough! - IE Lockdown Utility

Click HERE

ewido security suite

http://www.ewido.net/en/

Home Page Monitor

http://www.exits.ro/

HTAstop

http://www.nsclean.com/htastop.html

ID-Blaster

http://www.wilderssecurity.net/idblaster.html

IEGuardian

http://www.devicode.com/ieguardian/

IE Restrictions

http://camtech2000.net/Pages/Restrictions.htm

IE-SPYAD (IE Restricted zone list)

Click HERE

Internet Spy Hunter

http://popupkiller2002.tripod.com/

or http://www.tooto.com/spyhunter/

Privacy Defender

http://www.pcsecurityshield.com/

Prevx

https://www.prevx.com/

RegBlock

http://www.regblock.com/

RegRun

http://greatis.com/security/

Registry Firewall

http://www.flyyasoft.com/RegFirewall.htm

Settings Sentry

http://www.spyblocker-software.com/ss/index.shtml

Smog's Ad Kill

http://smog.cjb.net/html/adkill.htm

Spy Chaser

http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpyChaser.html

Spychecker

http://www.spychecker.com/home.html

SpywareBlaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

or http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html

SpywareBlaster Custom Blocking List

http://customblockinglist.cjb.net/

SpywareGuard

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

or http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

SpywareGuide Blocklist

http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php

Spyware Inoculator

http://camtech2000.net/Pages/Spyware_Inoculator.html

SpywareStopper

http://www.spyware-stopper.com/

Security Task Manager

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/index.html

StartPage Guard

http://pjwalczak.com/spguard/index.php

StartupList

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

or http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html

or http://www.geocities.com/.../files.html (old)

StartupListUI

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6835488...

or http://www.dslreports.com/.../StartupListUI.zip (direct download)

StartUp Monitor

http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml

WinPatrol

http://www.winpatrol.com/

WinTasks 5 Professional

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/

XP-AntiSpy

http://www.xp-antispy.org/

0190 Alarm (Deutsch)

http://www.winload.de/beschreibung.php?programm_id=730

0190 Warner (Italian)

http://www.wt-rate.com/freeware1.htm

Bluffstopparen (Swedish)

http://www.konsumentverket.se/...

CheckDialer

http://www.trsecurity.net/checkdialer/

Connectionwatch (Deutsch)

http://www.schutzsoftware.info/

Dialer-Control (Deutsch)

http://www.dialer-control.de/

Dialer-Scanner (Deutsch)

http://www.dialerscanner.de/

DialerSpy

http://www.dialerspy.com/en/

DialGuard

http://www.dialguard.com/en/

Popupkiller & DialerDetektor (Deutsch)

http://www.boesherz-online.de/

SenseConnect (Deutsch)

http://www.senseconnect.de/

SmartSurfer (Deutsch)

http://smartsurfer.web.de/

Sophos - Removing Dialers

http://www.us.sophos.com/support/disinfection/dial.html

StopDialers (Italian)

http://www.akapulce.net/socket2000/stopdialer.asp

StopITNow

http://www.stopitnow.com.au/

Backdoor.Autoupder Removal Tool

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/...removal.tool.html

B3D/BDE Killer (Brilliant Digital)

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/B3DKiller.html

BDEcide (Brilliant Digital)

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5077/new/files.html

BDE Remove (Brilliant Digital)

http://keir.net/bde.html

Cexx.org

Cydoor Dummy Files
http://cexx.org/dummies.htm

Experimental Fix for Corrupted Winsock Settings
http://cexx.org/winsock.txt

How to Kill Popup Ads on ANY Server!
http://cexx.org/diepop.htm

LSP Fix
http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Possible Fix for Corrupted Winsock Settings
http://cexx.org/winsock.htm

TSADBOT Dummy File
http://cexx.org/tsadbot.htm

CoolWebSearch Shredder (V. 1)

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

or http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

CoolWebSearch Shredder (V. 2)

http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html

CWS About-Blank DLL-Fix

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showtopic=583

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showtopic=605

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=28658

CWS Hijacker-sp.html/About-Blank Cleaner

http://www.trojaner-info.de/anleitungen/hijackthis/about_blank.html

or http://forum.hijackthis.de/showthread.php?t=3001

or http://www.rokop-security.de/index.php?download=9

CWS About.Buster

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4289.html

or http://www.malwarebytes.biz/

CWS Fix Backdoor.Agent.B

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.agent.b.removal.tool.html

CWS HSRemove (Home Search Hijacker)

http://www.hsremove.com/

CWS.SmartKiller MiniRemoval

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php...

or http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html

CWS Windows Files

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/winfiles.html

DLDER.EXE Remover

http://www.grokster.com/virusinformation.html

http://www.grokster.com/files/dlder-remove.exe (direct download)

EliteToolbar Remover

http://www.simplytech.it/ETRemover/

eZula & Surf+ Script Killer

http://www.searchking.com/ezulakiller/

GetRight Ad Remover

http://www.getright.com/remove_ads.html

HandyBits/Teknum Updater Disabler

http://www.handybits.com/update_service.asp

Look2Me/VX2Finder Fix

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showtopic=534

Kill2Me (L2M Uninstaller)

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

LOPcide (Lop.com)

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5077/new/files.html

Mattel Brodcast Removal Utility

http://www.mattelsupport.com/brodcastpatch.asp

or http://support.broderbund.com/brodcastpatch.asp

Netsetter/MarketScore Uninstaller

http://www.aboutme.com/freeatlast/misc/CSRemove.zip (direct download)

Netster Uninstaller

http://smartbrowse.netster.com/smartbrowse/uninstall.asp

NewDotNet Uninstallation

http://www.new.net/help_faq.tp#p5

Peper Removal

http://www.mjc1.com/files/peperpage/

RapidBlaster Killer

http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html

Scumware.com - Disinfect

http://www.scumware.com/disinfect.html

ShopNav Uninstaller

http://www.grokster.com/files/unspnv.exe (direct download)

or http://www.shopnav.com/shopnav/files/downloads/unspnv.exe (direct download)

Showbehind Uninstaller

http://www.showbehind.com/opt-out.html

ThiefWare.com

Stop WhenU.com (SaveNow)
http://www.thiefware.com/whenu/

TopText Disabler
http://www.thiefware.com/disabler/

VX2 Finder

http://www.pchell.com/downloads/vx2finder.exe (direct download)

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