Internet Explorer’s homepage was changed to some weak search engine site; ads are popping up every five seconds; my computer takes three times as long to load, a server is tracking every website I visit, and this was all done intentionally to show which of the two top spyware/adware removal applications is more effective at scanning and detecting malicious objects. I tested both Ad-aware and Spybot S&D (short for Search and Destroy) under Windows 2000 Professional running on a virtual pc courtesy of VMWare Workstation. Twenty eight applications known to contain spyware and adware were installed. The components that were installed are listed below with links to information about their involvement with spyware/adware.
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