Spyware (and maybe Virus) protection.

Hi /comp/. Here's my situation...my computer's been incredible. I've amassed a huge amount of info and various things, but I've reached this incarnation of my custom computer's life...I need to restart and reformat badly. Things are slowing down, I need to store all this stuff safely away to free up the main drive...everything.

I got that all figured out, but I need this system to last just a little bit longer before the big epic event...and I have a crapload of spyware hidden away and clogging parts of my system as well. I admit I'm sort of a newb with this whole thing, I've had a lot of trouble with it. I know for certain that a good deal of my slowdown suddenlly is because of all this goddamn spyware, so could you guys possibly personally recommend any programs at all to remove this stuff?

Virus removal and finding would be a nice bonus too, whether it'd be in the same program or separate as the spyware one. I have a couple of trojans that have eluded my grasp for a few months now.

This is not only to buy time, but for future reference and possibly use in this computer's next life. Please help /comp/, thank you.

(and please no one recommend Norton. That overrated, commercialized piece of crap caused more than it cured, I know it.)

OP here again.

One more thing I forgot. I don't care if you have to pay for a program or not, just as long as it works well and is preferably updated. Out of date programs won't do me much good.

NOD32?

NOD32>Patch>160000000 days left>????>Profit

Kaspersky is another option.

Unlike NOD, it has never let me down. Much more trustworthy update hack, too. (no exes, no alt. servers)

Programs for your new/old computer:

-AVG Free (Antivirus) is good, truthworthy, small, and updated. The NOD cracks are alright, but you don't get new program versions with the virus updates. And it's illegal. But that's not as important, I know.
-SpyBot (Adware Remover) is essential not for checking, but for the IE locking functions and the immunitize tool. Run it once, lock the IE bad sites, immunitize once, then do that every six months. What you want to REMOVE spyware with is...
-AdAware (Adware Remover). Download it, get the updates, turn on SCAN INSIDE ARCHIVES and LOCK HOSTS FILE inside of the tweak setup section. Do a full system scan after clicking CHECK FOR ADS.

If you want to backup your harddrive before you do all this, or are afraid it may fail VERY SOON, back it up with an old copy of Norton Ghost. The old ones work well and work from floppies just fine if you have an IDE drive.

And, yes, Norton's bad. Too much looks for it specifically, not to mention it slows your computer down to the point that you may as well have the viruses it blocks.

Kaspersky or AVG?

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