Best Free Program for getting rid of spyware.
 

What is the best free program available for getting rid of spyware?

There are many many programs out there, and it all depends on the user's opinion. My opinion is "Ad-Aware." http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

Yeah I use both Ad-aware and Spybot. I hear PestPatrol is good too but I haven't tried it.

microsoft has a program if you have XP.. "windows defender".

I use Windows Defender

It's not just Windows XP..... it's also for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003

Thanks guys...anyone one know what the basic difference is on all of these?...Just want to get an idea of why you guys favor different programs... :)

It's not a bad idea to use all of them... at work, I use adaware, spybot, spywareblaster and windows defender... at home all except the defender...

Yeah it's true. If you read around it seems to be proven that no one anti-spyware program detects everything. Always use a combination of programs.

Apparently they did a comparison on TechTV, and PestPatrol managed to find the most spyware, however still not all of it.

techtv doesn't exist anymore ;)

Isn't it on like channel 300? I remember when I had IO from Optimum I watched it quite often.