If you ever notice your computer doing strange things; pop ups constantly, your desktop changing pictures or Internet Explorer going to pages you didn’t want to go to, then you probably have spyware.  Spyware is software that has been loaded on your computer, probably without you knowing, that sort of watches what you’re doing and constantly makes changes on your computer that you usually don’t want.

Spyware is one of the most difficult things to remove from a computer.  It can be tougher then a lot of virus’.  There are several programs out there to remove spyware, some actually are spyware.  Lavasoft makes a great program named Adaware that will search through your computer and remove a lot of it.  It’s pretty easy to use.  Just make sure you get all of the update before you run a full scan on your computer.

There is a free version of Adaware available, you can get it from download.com.