What are some of the better free adware removing software out there?
I tried adaware but I keep getting these funny redirects in firefox when I search in google that go to ad/affiliate type pages.
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Malware Bytes Anti-Malware Those are the three that I use, luckily I'm in an environment where I just re-image an infected machine instead of removing malware, so if there are any newcomers I may have missed them, but these are the biggies. |
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I would recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It is free and has never let me down. |
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Also, if you're adventurous, and feel competent in your skills, then there is ComboFix, from http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix ComboFix is not for the light-of-heart though, proceed with caution... Also, i throw in my vote for MalwareBytes too; that is an excellent one! |
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I've always been very happy with Hitman Pro. It's actually a tool which downloads, installs, configures and runs all sorts of different free anti spy ware tools, like Ad-aware, Spywareblaster, ... |
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Nothing beats educating users how to properly avoid malware infections on their computers. That said, I use Windows Defender because it comes with Vista/7. |
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I've always used Spybot Search & Destroy |
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First of all, check out your c:\windows\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. You may find it populated with bogus IP's for all the usual anti-malware sites. Clean it out. Second, I recommend pulling the hard disk, putting it in as a second disk (either via USB or direct attached) and doing the malware cleanup from the clean-booting system. I've found even the best anti spyware software does poorly at removal when installed on a system post-infection. Short of that, you may be stuck with manual removal, such as this site: |
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I always use the combo of Spybot Search and Destroy and Lavasoft's Adaware Free Edition. I find if those two do not remove everything or help me clean it, it is time to reinstall the machine. |
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