There are quite a few that offer freeware or shareware versions. You can
try AdAware
http://www.ad-aware.com/
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Geoffrey Cohen
Microsoft MVP - PC Games
Consumer Products Group
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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> If you think it's spyware, then it will be damn hard to
> delete and you certainly won't be able to do it
> conventionally. I got a bad case of ad/spy ware a while
> back and the only way to get rid of it was to re-format
> my system. There are some anti-spy ware utilites
> (www.download.com) that will get rid of it for you, but
> they cost money and it's tough to tell which programs are
> good and which are crap.
>
> I think you have to reformat your hard drive if you want
> to get rid of the spyware.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >hello
> >
> >I just found some strange files in my system, which I
> >think are spyware ( one of them is in cookies folder),
> >when I try to delete them, I got the message:" cannot
> >delete (file name), it is being used by another person
> or
> >program", when i open properties of those files, the
> read-
> >only boxe is already unchecked. could you tell me how to
> >delete those files?
> >.
> >