Spybot Search & Destroy

Spybot Search and Destroy was created to find and remove all kind of spyware from your PC.Some signs can suggest you the computer is infected or is a risk .These signs can be popups,applications who are crashing instantly,problems with web browser.Most of spyware are hidden and often you do not see any problems that can show you bad functions.Recovery,immunize and updates are a few options .Problems can be fixed immediately or manually.

Detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware.

Even if you do not see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging.

Features:
>Permanent blocking of known tracking cookies for IE
>Permanent blocking of threating downloads in IE
>Command line parameters to automate tasks
>Show the number of targets
>Removal of dialers
>Removal of adware and spyware
>Save removal of threats by shredding them
>Backups of every removed problem
>Exclude option to ignore specific problems
>Removal of keyloggers
>Permanent blocking of threatening ActiveX
>Removal of trojans and other baddies
>Removal of usage tracks
>User-extendable database

It is available in more than 15 languages . Is anti spyware and antivirus software.
Itcan be updated from the developer web page . Generate reports for scan actions and recover items .Immunize is a special function for Spybot SD and allow you to take measures against spyware directly from your browser settings .
You can create backups for easy recovery, play alert when spies are found ,set the scan priority from low until high,perform security actions at computer start up,view complete .log files and manage bug reports.

Can ignore cookies or specific file extension (this is a configurable option for SpyBot).You can set a schedule to Spybot and run in automatic mode .
Was developed by Sysinternals and have a large history in antivirus,antispyware anti-trojans software development.