Originally posted by Kafluke:

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There is no single tool out there that removes ALL spyware\malware from your system. Trust me. I do that for a living. I would be willing to bet you any amount of money that I could still find spyware on your system. If you want to know that name of some great completely free anti-spyware tools I'll give you a quick list of some that I use every day.

First off, don't use IE as your browser. You can eliminate 90% of spyware infections by using Mozilla or Opera or any number of other browsers. I prefer Firefox myself.

Spybot Search and Destroy (do not install the resident IE features)
Ad-aware
Microsoft Windows Defender
Hijack this (only use if you are experienced enough to know what NOT to remove using this program)

Also make sure that you look through your add/remove programs first before you run any of these programs and get rid of anything in there that you didn't install or looks suspicious. Next clear all of your temporary internet files, cookies, and all other offline files in your browser before you run anti-spyware programs.

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