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quite critical to your system.

For these infections that are harder to find and kill, or if you're running in a corporate environment and want continuous updates and real-time protection, you should consider a commercial offering. Adaware Pro sells for $39.00. The cost of the corporate edition of Sypot S & D is not given on their website.

An ounce of Prevention

A strictly commercial product (with a free trial) is SpyEraser 2 from Uniblue ($29.95, uniblue.com). In addition to the ability to remove most spyware and adware, it offers real-time, continuous protection against becoming infected in the first place, and automatic daily updates. A free scan of your system is available from their website, as is an award-winning process library that can help you identify potentially dangerous processes that are running invisibly on your system.

Whether you decide to collect a set of free utilities or take the plunge and purchase a product depends on your level of expertise, the amount of free time you have to investigate and learn to use the various tools, and if you want or need the technical support that comes with a commercial product. In any case, it should be clear that you have to do something to combat spyware and adware on a regular basis if you want to keep your system running efficiently.

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