Introduction
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of
different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of
threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see
new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally
install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed
without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you
don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is
emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a
marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies.
Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no
harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)