“I’m not sure why my computer is full of spyware, I think it’s my brothers fault. I keep getting pop up advertising on my computer but I’m pretty sure I have pop up blocking protection. I’m a computer dummy, are there any free spyware software I can get to get rid of spyware from my computer?”
To get rid of spyware you will need to download some anti-spyware program. I would recommend downloading a couple or all of the following best rated spyware programs because no one program will do a perfect job. All the ones I recommend here are free although a few do have paid versions if you choose to upgrade for more features. Downloading a few different anti-spyware programs will not harm your system, just remember only to run one spyware scan at any given time, running multiple anti-spyware programs at once may cause conflict and not to mention slow your computer down to a crawl.
Some spyware may block you from going directly to these sites so you may need to download them from a different computer and put the programs on a thumb drive or burn them to CD.
The best way to run anti-spyware programs is when you computer is in “Safe Mode”. When you boot the computer in Safe mode only the necessary Windows programs and drivers boot up so this prevents any spyware or viruses from running in the background which might be preventing you from removing it. To get into Safe Mode restart your computer and repeatedly press the “F8” key during boot up. You will get a few options on the screen, choose to boot in “Safe Mode”.
And don’t forget about Windows own anti-spyware Defender.
After running a few of these free spyware remover programs your computer should be running lean and mean. Jut remember to keep these programs updated and do scans a few times a week.