free spyware and registry cleaner

[LittleGrizzly]

anyone now any good ones ?

[mercian billman]

Have you tried spyware blaster? I've had mixed results with it...mostly because it's disabled.

[Ja'chyra]

I think the one I use is called Spybot

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Spybot Search & Destroy, AdAware.

Both free.
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[KukriKhan]

Links for:

Ad Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/default.shtml.en

Spybot:

http://www.uant.net/spyadware/spybots.html

[JAG]

AdAware is the best one out there imo.

[son of spam]

for specialized cases you can use Hijack This or CoolWebShredder.

Do a search on google for them.

They fix a lot of things that spybot and adaware sometimes can't catch.

[BDC]

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

It's preventative. Works well too.

[DojoRat]

I second the Ad Aware motion. I use their free scanning program once a week or so and just purge what it finds. (50-75 trackers usually)

[mfberg]

Adaware 6.0
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3

I use both and a regisitry editor. You have to remember to update them (usually about once a week). The new Micro$oft Internet Explorer should help some with the pop-up stopper, as long as they programmed it correctly.

mfberg

[Fragony]

You should get spywareblaster as well, it immunises internet explorer and firefox for active-x malice. It is updated very often.

[LittleGrizzly]

thanks for all the suggestions guys very helpful

edit: ive tried downloading a few registry cleaners but they all require me to buy to fix all of the problems does anyone now one that fixes all the errors for free ?

[Red Peasant]

Try this,

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4134.html

or this

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html

These programmes work ok and make backups of deleted files just in case you may need them again, but I would make a full backup before letting any Reg Cleaner do its job.

Backup Prog:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2746.html

MajorGeeks is a good site for all kinds of stuff, so have a look around for any other useful freeware.

[LittleGrizzly]

cheers red