A guide to free spyware removal tools

Ad-Aware SE Personal

Over 68 million downloads last year. The numbers tell for themselves.

Spybot S&D

Totally free of charge and highly popular. Combines with other tools well.

IE-SPYAD

Single registry file, which adds list of dangerous sites to Restricted zones of IE.

SpywareBlaster

Protection moved ahead of removal, nice tool.

HiJack This

Generates report on all browser settings and processes.

Xp-AntiSpy

Disables the unwanted services in the system in a simple and fast way.

X-Cleaner

Functional system cleaner with extended features.

The best way to get the best free spyware removal tool out there is to try them, use for a while and then decide.