Spyware and Adware

  • Ad-Aware @ Lavasoft
    http://www.lavasoft.com/
    Popular anti-spyware product.
  • Javacool Software
    http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
    SpywareBlaster. Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software!
  • Process Explorer
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processexplorer.mspx
    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded and their utilization in real-time. It's a Super Windows Task Manager.
  • Security Task Manager - Windows process viewer
    http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/
    Taskman that provides detailed information about programs and processes running on the computer (e.g. file name, directory path, description, security risk rating).
  • Spybot-S&D!
    http://www.spybot.info/
    Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications.