Free Spyware Removal

With the growing threat of more advanced spyware infiltrating computer systems and the growing number of crimes related to this electronic nuisance particularly identity theft, the global online community rallied behind every computer user's right to have access to spyware protection through free spyware removal programs.

Commercial firms, user-protection advocates (antispyware coalition.org) and even human rights group have openly supported this call, resulting to a roster of free spyware removal programs available for free download on the Internet.

Microsoft's popular products like the Windows OS series are the most common target of spyware attacks, either due to profit-driven motives or crazy technological war with independent spyware authors. As such, the firm continually come up with free spyware removal programs that computer users can download free from its site. The Windows AntiSpyware Beta (for Win XP and Win 2003), later renamed as Windows Defender (for Vista) can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender.

Symantec offers a free beta version of the Norton Safe Web for Norton users and a host of free trial PC protection tools with scanning, alert, and removal features, available at www.symantec.com/norton. For XP users, the AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 8 and the Avast! Antivirus v4.8 can eradicate a good percentage of spyware entries in the PC, and users can maximize their anti-spyware powers through upgrades and partner product purchase.

Other legitimate sites for free spyware removal programs include www.lavasoft.com, www.brothersoft.com, www.synergeticsoft.com, www.zdnet.com, www.newspywareremoval.com, and www.pctools.com, among others.