Spyware problems!

[soonny]

I can't seem to get rid of spyware for good! I scan my pc everyday and find new cookies! Should I change my browser? (I'm currently using IE) or should I set up a firewall?

[geeneeous]

First off use adaware [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/] an excellent piece of software that keeps my computer spyware free. It'll find out which malicious program is on your computer mining your info. If you've already done this and you keep finding new stuff don't worry. ad aware scans and will display the source of the spyware. so you can go to the folder and manually delete the program. worst to worst just reinstall windows loh.

[desertrat]

Even once you have cleaned your PC and installed a good AV package and firewall you will still get some forms of spyware merely by browsing the web. However, setting up good security will reduce spyware greatly. There are some good anti-spyware packages out there and some poor ones. One free one I tried actually cleaned up the spyware on my PC and then secretly installed spyware of its own. I only discovered it when I bought a spyware package. The advantage to buying an anti-spyware package rather than using a free one is that usually the spyware signatures will be kept more up to date.

[Cetti]

Here's another one to go with Ada-ware - Spybot S & D , and it's also Freeware

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

[TheHitMaker]

xclean_micro works well too - it runs while you are online. Click this link and select "run" not "save" and it will works its magic as you sit and watch. Apart from the rather OTT messages when it finds things it works well. It tends to pick up different things from AdAware (which I use as well) and they both find items the other has missed. Also worth trying is Spywareblaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htm
l) which runs continuously in the background and stops the stuff loading in the first place.

[TheHitMaker]

Sorry, I left the link out for Xclean - http://www.xblock.com/download/xclean_micro.exe

[Mike1234]

yes. spybot search and destroy ad-aware spyware blaster spyware guard that lot will sort you out when it comes to spyware and adware. if you dont have a firewal then you need one. And i mean need. i reccomend norton firewall, but search for zonealarm. thats free.