FREE anti Spyware / Malware Programs.

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Hello again,

Please could you kindly advise me thank you in advance.

Can anyone please tell me or advise me of the BEST FREE Antispyware / Malware program to work alongside Avast 5?
I know of Spybot Search And Destroy but are there any other Free spyware / Malware programs I could use?

I know that Avast has Antispyware / Malware built in, so could I rely on Avast alone to protect me from Spyware / Malware as well as Viruses?

happy avast user :):slight_smile:

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As you are happy i will be happy to help you:
mbam:malware byte anti malware
super anti spyware
those are the best nowadays

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I use them both and while you’re at it add SpywareBlaster.

Be sure to keep all of these programs updated. The first two update daily.

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Check my signature as those programs have worked perfectly for me for at least the past 6 years.

Note: MBAM is my on-demand anti-spyware while Spybot - S&D is my resident scanner.

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@ CharleyO

Read about Spybot S&D

I don’t think Spybot is, today, a good choice. Personal opinion. Here’s why : Spybot has been for a long time a reference (like ad-aware), when the first malwares (they were called “spywares”, at the time) appeared. This was the beginning, when fixing a HijackThis line or deleting a single registry key and file coiuld stop infections. Spybot used at the early stages a simple and efficient technique to identify infections, based on file and registry key locations. So it scanned for infection a, then b, then c and if the infection was found, you could delete it. It worked great.
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=39929&view=findpost&p=199676

MBAM only $14.99 today:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=55654.msg470194#msg470194

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Thanks, YK, but I am satisfied with Spybot. :slight_smile: