Spybot Search & Destroy - Software Details

Spybot Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications.

Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies.

If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you havent intentionally installed if your browser crashes inexplicably or if your home page has been hijacked (or changed without your knowledge) your computer is most probably infected with spyware.