One approach is to move to Linux or Mac, but that's not practical for lots of folks. So what do you do?
Try Malwarebytes:
Anyway, the bottom line is that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware looks like the answer. The tool is free but a "full" version with real-time protection, scheduled scanning and scheduled updating is available for $24.95. I'll give Anti-Malware 4 out of 5. It does the job and only the lack of a detailed explanation of what it has found stops it from getting 5 out of 5. Highly recommended all the same.
Full disclosure:I haven't run Malwarebytes myself. However, the IT guy at work has had good experiences with this removing the really nasty, hard to uninstall malware.
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I first learned about MalwareBytes when I was spending a few hours a week helping in a local computer repair shop. It was the tool that the shop owner depended on most to clean viruses off customers' machines. And it was pretty damn good at it -- able to clean stuff that the big engines like McAfee never even saw.
Now I use MalwareBytes as a second line behind my regular malware-scanner. Run it manually once a week or so, for which the freeware version is good enough.
I use it all the time. Quick, effective, and it hasn't added to the damage on any system that I know of.
I have it here and on the netbook.
Oddly enough, I spent a couple of hours pulling my hair out today. I'm not completely bald because I was able to finally download and run this program successfully.
I went the Linux route back in 2001. ;)
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