Any tips on a good free spyware scan?

[nostalgiacentral]

Used to use AVG, and I tried Zone Alarm for a while. They both gave me problems eventually, conflicting with other programmes. Tried Zone Alarm recently and it won't install, but I might try AVG again. Thanks for all the help.

[papagran40]

I use ad-aware , avast and spybot....and have no bother.......

[PATRIOT73]

I 2nd that - use it every day - mainly to get rid of cookies.

personally i dont useit.........but i do advise its the best free 1
i use tuneup utillities but its a pay 1
just awee beta than cc

[smiffy49er]

I'm scared of cc. I think it is going to delete everything whether I want it or not

[PATRIOT73]

I'm scared of cc. I think it is going to delete everything whether I want it or not

only removes the rubbish

[TiasTreasures]

I switched to Spyware Terminator when AdAware started charging me. Works OK, but if you get it, don't turn on all the optional features! They're a little too thorough and blocked a lot of safe sites because they didn't recognize some of the software. I turned off everything except the spyware monitor.

[youmeus]

If you have ever used AVG you need to remove every last file as they will try and switch off your antispy ware and recommend themselves.

Put AVG in search all files and remove all that you can see -

Then restart your PC go to your spyware programme and switch the features back on.

At risk of sounding like a complete idiot..............where do you search all files?

[moonwitch]

I'm scared of cc. I think it is going to delete everything whether I want it or not

I used cc cleaner for years but it suddenly stopped working.

Went to use it one day, just like I normally would and it wouldn't start up...haven't been able to get it to work since

[nostalgiacentral]

I decided to try Spybot, having used it a few years ago. It's installed okay and seems to be working fine.
I try to be careful, as my comp was hacked into a couple of years ago. It was so full of rubbish my hard drive crashed, and it took four days to delete all the hidden files in the workshop. Said he'd never had one so bad.
I was warned to keep all security up to date, but the programmes are so expensive. So now stuck with free ones again.
Any way all seems fine again now, thanks for all the replies.

[astral276]

I use Comodo anti-virus and firewall (http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/d..._firewall.html) and Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org)