| Spy
Bot Search & Destroy |
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect
and remove spyware of different kinds from
your computer. Spyware is a relatively new
kind of threat that common anti-virus applications
do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars
in your Internet Explorer that you didn't
intentionally install, if your browser crashes,
or if you browser start page has changed
without your knowing, you most probably have
spyware. Click here to visit the Spybot
website. |
| CWShredder |
A small utility for removing CoolWebSearch
(aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws
and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D
and Ad-aware tend to forget essential parts
of the hijack, so until they update, you
can use this to completely remove the hijack.
This program is updated to remove the new
variants once they come out. Click
here to visit the Spyware info website. |
| Hijackthis |
HijackThis, a general homepage hijackers
detector and remover. Initially based
on the article Hijacked!, but expanded with
almost a dozen other checks against hijacker
tricks. It is continually updated to detect
and remove new hijacks. It does not
target specific programs/URLs, just the methods
used by hijackers to force you onto their
sites. As a result, false positives
are imminent and unless you are sure what
you're doing, you should always consult with
knowledgable folks (e.g. the forums) before
deleting anything. Click here to visit
the Spywareinfo website. |
| BHO Dameon |
Think of BHODemon as a guardian for your
Internet Explorer browser: it protects you
from unknown Browser Helper Objects (BHOs),
by letting you enable/disable them individually. It
also monitors your Registry and alerts you
when a BHO is installed. Best of all,
BHODemon knows about the most common BHOs
- the good ones, and the not-so-good ones! |
