It's true these are what i use!
Ad-Aware
anti-spy beta
Avast!
Zone Alarm
But most importantly spybot S&D is one gift of a thing from patrick m koala (ie the developer).
For Advanced users u get all these for free!
1. Shredder ---> u can shread those redundant files that are protected by the OS.
2. The Resident IE and the teatimer system settings protection are a great add ons!
3. u can change the status of Active x controls and BHO's (Browser Helper Objects)
4. u can also prevent the settings of IE from being changed.
5. u also have a process manager and startup control panel and secure uninstaller!
Now isn't that too much for a freeware!
Simply Great!! Also their website and forum can be used as a one stop reference about spywares!
Whenever i feel the internet speed sucks i simply reboot my pc in safe mode and run Spybot and ad-aware to get rid of the infections and it works great!![/u]