does spy bot search and destroy work?

Spybot was one of the first and best... of its time.

But it has fallen seriously behind today's antimalware / antispyware programs.

You should download and keep installed the free versions of both Superantispyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and run them regularly.

If you want to keep Spybot, keep it updated (it only updates once a week ;-) ) and use its SD Helper function - that provides a degree of browser immunity.

But don't rely on Spybot for malware detection.

> Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

> Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_...

Edit:

In reference to comments made by the above answerer...

AVG certainly does have a free version which is supported and updates regularly.

I think it's a crap antivirus personally, but it is available.

I just wouldn't recommend it to anyone ;-)

I use and recommend Avast Free Antivirus.

> Avast Free v6: http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

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Yes. I read the first answer, though, recommending AVG free as a program SpyBot should be used in conjunction with. I mean, SpyBot detects spyware. I haven't 100% kept up with them, and I'm not sure they do not offer an antivirus as well, but in itself SpyBot S&D won't catch all your malware, and is always intended to work with an antivirus. But AVG free is no longer supported and does not update, and that's since 2007. I think they give you a free download (big deal) and a free trial, but then it does cost $35 or so for a year. That's par for the course and AVG is excellent, but it is not free, and the free edition (if indeed you can find a download for it) is not supported and not current.

But SpyBot is really great.

Yes

it works very well but you should give the pc a full scan and use Spybot with another program like AVG free