Anti-spyware

Spyware collects personal information from your computer without your consent and is usually installed without your knowledge. This can occur when you click on a helpful pop-up message, but a lot of spyware is bundled and automatically installed with some free software packages such as:

BearShare	Morpheus
Bonzi Buddy	RadLight
Dope Wars	WeatherBug
ErrorGuard	EDonkey2000
Grokster	WildTangent
Kazaa

Some of the leading commercial names in anti-spyware software you may want to consider in your research are listed on our Security software page.

If you choose to pursue a combination of free security applications available on the internet, we recommend you seek guidance from an IT professional to ensure you are choosing reputable applications.

Some popular free anti-spyware applications are Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft's Windows Defender, Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and Spybot - Search & Destroy.