According to this article, spyware is a bigger problem than viruses for most computer users. The last page of the article lists a variety of free tools to clean up spyware. I've used Ad-aware and Spybot...both work well. Recently, however, I've installed a program called SpywareBlaster which takes a more preemptive approach - it prevents spyware from being installed in the first place (most other tools are effective for cleaning up spyware that is already installed.
Posted by gsiemens at August 10, 2004 05:03 PM