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2. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   Spybot – Search & Destroy. Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software. Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is ...

3. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Malicious Software Removal Tool. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft 's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the installed antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.

4. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 8 or ...

5. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   Programs such as PC Tools' Spyware Doctor, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE and Patrick Kolla's Spybot - Search & Destroy rapidly gained popularity as tools to remove, and in some cases intercept, spyware programs. On December, 2004, Microsoft acquired the GIANT AntiSpyware software, [18] re‑branding it as Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta 1) and releasing ...

6. Adware - Wikipedia

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   The term adware is frequently used to describe a form of malware (malicious software) [23][24] which presents unwanted advertisements to the user of a computer. [25][26] The advertisements produced by adware are sometimes in the form of a pop-up, sometimes in an "unclosable window", and sometimes injected into web pages. [27][28] When the term ...

7. HijackThis - Wikipedia

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   HijackThis (also HiJackThis or HJT) is a free and open-source [2] tool to detect malware and adware on Microsoft Windows.It was originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro.