# Free Anti-SpyWare App - What is a good one? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 26, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845 "2004-07-26T16:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sintax321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sintax321](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sintax321)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/1 "2004-07-26T16:56:23Z")
I’m looking for a really good free anti spy ware program. I jsut got finished formating and re instaling my PC because the spy ware got so bad. I was using Spybot but for soem reason the min i started using a Anti-SpyWare app is when my computer started having problems. It got so bad my internet wouldn’t even work. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/2 "2004-07-26T17:00:20Z")
Spybot AD-aware useing these both. with spybots Teatimer. whach black list advertiseing progrems such as spyware from running. i never had such a better compute now that i got them:) its mostly all becuzz of spybot;) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/3 "2004-07-26T17:02:19Z")
hey bro! long time no see man! hope you are well! check this out - read all or skim through the table of contents. [http://www.kirupa.com/k2/Feb2004/security.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/k2/Feb2004/security.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/4 "2004-07-26T17:02:26Z")
yeah ill second spybot search and destroy, its very nice an it comes with some other useful tools. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/5 "2004-07-26T17:04:42Z")
Ad-Aware is pretty good, though I’ve never used Spybot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/6 "2004-07-26T17:13:25Z")
OK but how do i keep Spybot and Ad-Aware from doing more harm then good. My PC seemed to be doing fine untill i instaled Spybot before. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/7 "2004-07-26T17:16:57Z")
I don’t know, maybe it was just a bad coincidence that the second you installed Spybot your computer crashed? :puzzle: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/8 "2004-07-26T18:20:41Z")
been running spybot forever and its been working fine. \*edit sometimes the updates fail on download - but its always usable. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/9 "2004-07-26T18:26:58Z")
you may be running programs that require you to have the spyware advertising going, that could be the problem but not sure. It hasnt caused me any problems in the past. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/free-anti-spyware-app-what-is-a-good-one/58845/10 "2004-07-26T18:56:26Z")
I use Spysweeper, doesn’t make much of a difference for me compared to Spybot, but without it, my little brother and sister would really be messing up their PC. 😛