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Overview Of AVG Free Edition - It's Anti-Virus Only- Not A Spyware Remover.
AVG Free Edition is made by GriSoft.  The Free Edition of AVG is only ANTI-VIRUS software.  The FREE Edition is NOT FOR SPYWARE removal.  For that you need the PAID edition (AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 priced at $34.99 at the time of this writing)  The question is, do you have a virus or spyware on your computer?  What's the difference?  Should you scan for Spyware first?

Spyware allows anyone to watch every move you make on your computer.  Spyware can record your every keystroke.  Do spyware hackers know your login ids and passwords? Your credit card numbers? Your social security number? If there's Spyware or Adware on your computer, they likely do. Scared? You should be- I was. If you're like most Internet users, you're probably infected with Spyware and Adware and you don't even realize it. Luckily, there's something that can be done about it. Select any one of the Spyware Removers we tested below.  All will perform a FREE SPYWARE SCAN to determine if spyware is on your computer.  Find spyware and it will clean it out for less than $20.  The choice is yours.

Our Top Choices For Spyware Removal
Out of the numerous software programs we tested, we came up with five of the best Spyware removers you can try for free . Out of these five, we found SpywareBot.com and Adwarealert.com to offer the best and most comprehensive Spyware and Adware remover available. We can't recommend them highly enough.

	Comparison of Top Spyware Removers # Site (click screenshot to visit) FREE Scan Site Comments Popularity / Satisfaction Ease of Use Current Rating Site Link 1. Excellent! Our top pick! The site was easy to navigate, the Spyware/Adware remover was easy to use and best of all it was highly effective. Detected the most Spyware/Adware infections and returned no false positives. High / Very High Easy 10 / 10 Best   2. Another great Spyware/Adware remover that made it to our top-pick list. Huge database and little to no false positives. Fast and easy to use and also very effective. High / Very High Easy 9 / 10 Best   3. Rounding out our top 3 is the official Spyware Remover. Loaded with more features than the top 2, but may be a little more than the average user requires. This app is perfect for the person who wants total control of their Spyware Protection. High / High Very Easy 9 / 10 Best   4. Great at scanning for and detecting Spyware and Adware. Scans your computer for free and it was easy to use. High / High Moderate 8 / 10 Better 5. This one did scan quickly, but seemed to miss some of the Spyware and Adware infections. Their Spyware/Adware database does not seem to be as large as some of the other databases we tested. High / Moderate Moderate 7 / 10 Good

What is Spyware/Adware?
Spyware and Adware are Malware programs. These programs allow their users to spy on your Internet browsing activities. In the most innocent form, these programs are intended to allow companies to observe your purchasing habits and send you "pop-up" ads when they deem appropriate. However, there are more malicious uses for Spyware and Adware, including the intent of identity theft. Spyware can contribute to identity theft by recording your credit card numbers and other personal information. And as if the threat of identity theft isn't enough, these Spyware and Adware programs can also cause your PC to crash.

How We Tested
We ran a random PC test on hundreds of computers, and do you know what we found? Every single PC we tested was infected with some form of Adware or Spyware. Most computers had multiple infections and some even had hundreds. It didn't matter whether or not these PCs had virus and firewall protection, they were still infected. Then we tested a number of Spyware and Adware removers and discovered which ones worked best.