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2. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   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 distributed by Kolla's Irish ...

3. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

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   A potentially unwanted program ( PUP) or potentially unwanted application ( PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security.

4. Malwarebytes (software) - Wikipedia

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   Malwarebytes (formerly Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, abbreviated as MBAM) is anti-malware software for Microsoft Windows, [6] macOS, ChromeOS, Android, and iOS that finds and removes malware. [7] Made by Malwarebytes Corporation, it was first released in January 2006. This is available in a free version, which scans for and removes malware when ...

5. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   Like most anti-virus software, many anti-spyware/adware tools require a frequently updated database of threats. As new spyware programs are released, anti-spyware developers discover and evaluate them, adding to the list of known spyware, which allows the software to detect and remove new spyware.

6. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

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   These fake tools claimed to remove spyware, but instead installed their own share of adware and spyware on unwitting users' computers. Sometimes even accompanied by the functionality to remove adware and spyware from competing vendors. Anti-Spyware has become a new area of online vending with fierce competition.

7. Category:Spyware removal - Wikipedia

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   Category. : Spyware removal. There are a number of programs available for Microsoft Windows which intercept, or detect and remove spyware. Some antivirus programs also detect and remove spyware.