Viruses, worm, adware, spyware and other malicious programs are increasingly spreading through the Internet. I have observed my laptop to slow down even with a 2Gb RAM. I suspect that some form of worm or virus have hit me. Searching for a free good program to detect and remove the infected files brings me to Spybot - Search & Destroy.

Sharing a computer for public use have danger of leaving others prying on personal data. In cases like this, Spybot also have the option to clean web footprints in your system. Identified virus files could be shredded to ensuring complete elimination from your system. Sometimes virus can bring Widows Registry inconsistencies and Spybot can also fix this one. A virus scanner is as effective as the database of virus signatures. Thus, the online update feature of Spybot makes it store the latest list of spyware, adware, dialers, worms, virus and other malicious programs out of your system.