Detects and removes spyware, adware, keyloggers, browser hijackers, and tracking cookies, offering system immunization, real-time protection, manual or scheduled scans, quarantine and secure deletion, detailed reports, and multilingual support.




HijackThis is described as 'Free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis creates a report, or log file, with the results of the scan' and is a very popular Anti-Malware app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to HijackThis for Windows and PortableApps.com. The best HijackThis alternative is Spybot - Search & Destroy. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GMER or ESET SysInspector. Other great apps like HijackThis are DDS, Spy Emergency, Zemana AntiMalware and OTL - OldTimer's List-It.
Detects and removes spyware, adware, keyloggers, browser hijackers, and tracking cookies, offering system immunization, real-time protection, manual or scheduled scans, quarantine and secure deletion, detailed reports, and multilingual support.




GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits .
It scans for:

ESET SysInspector is a free, state of the art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is also an integral part of ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4. It peers into your operating system and captures details such as running processes, registry content, startup items...

DDS is a program that will scan your computer and create logs that can be used to display various startup, configuration, and file information from your computer. This program is used in our security forum to provide a detailed overview of what programs are automatically...



Spy Emergency is anti-spyware, anti-trojan and anti-spam software that fast and secure removes spyware and other internet infections from your computer. With its intuitive user interface, spyware removal is very simple for every user.
Zemana AntiMalware is an on demand malware scanner designed to clean your PC from all the infections that have taken place on your PC.




OTL by OldTimer is a flexible, multipurpose, diagnostic, and malware removal tool. It's useful for identifying changes made to a system by spyware, malware and other unwanted programs. It creates detailed reports of registry and file settings, and also includes advanced...


NoBot is a simple anti-spyware, anti-malware removal tool that targets bots, RATS, miners, keyloggers, and more.

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MBRCheck identifies infected Master Boot Records (MBR).
This tool is sometimes referred to on security related community web-sites such as bleepingcomputer and majorgeeks. However, there is no official homepage and the origins of this tool are unclear, hence it is flagged with.
