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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. Malwarebytes (software) - Wikipedia

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   Malwarebytes (software) 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 ...

4. 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 install antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.

5. Adware - Wikipedia

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   Adware, often called advertising-supported software by its developers, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process. The software may generate two types of revenue: one is for the ...

6. Antivirus software - Wikipedia

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   ClamTk, an open-source antivirus based on the ClamAV antivirus engine, was originally developed by Tomasz Kojm in 2001. Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software ), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware . Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer ...

7. 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.