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Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds
from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common
anti-virus applications do not cover yet. If you see new toolbars in your
Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser
crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you
most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be
infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking
your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold
to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to
see if something snooped into your computer, too :)
Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share
your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on.
And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and offers some extended reporting features.
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