(OT) Computer Hijacker?

[Gandalph]

I have found Webroot's Spy Sweeper to be the most effective, catching things that are missed by both Adaware and Spybot. It can also run in the background to prevent hijackers, new things in startup (registry or folder), additions and subtractions to your Favorites, etc.

[Fyron]

But is it free? And are the things that it catches actually spyware, or is it just over-protective about cookies and such?

[Gandalph]

It is a free download. Webroot wants you to Subscribe to update the definitions it uses, but I have found if you download and install every 3-4 months, the program stays up-to-date this way. In it's report screen, it ID's everything it finds, in detail, so you can tell what's there and often where it came from. I had not touched on it's cookie handling capabilities as that is seperate from the spy sweep part of the program.