Free spyware/adware removal program( Not a scanner, but a scanner and remover)?

I just tried spy sweeper but when it got done it wanted me to buy it, anyone know of any good spyware removers, and/or a good performance accelerator program.

Thanks

Free spyware/adware removal program( Not a scanner, but a scanner and remover)?windows

Here is a list of free programs to remove and prevent spyware as well as some antivirus links.

Free Anti-Spyware Programs

There are quite a few free anti-spyware programs available! I suggest that users should use at least 3 different products to regularly scan their systems. Most of these products are free for non-commercial use versions that have disabled some features, usually the active resident protection.

Spybot Search and Destroy is an excellent program for scanning for and removing spyware. The resident modules can be a bit buggy, but the extra included tools such as startup manger are great! http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro...

Adaware is another good scanner and removal tool but it has no resident abilities at all in the free version. http://free.lavasoft.com

Ewido is fairly new as a free spyware scanner, but it comes from the people who brought us AVG, so I expect good things: http://free.grisoft.com

Microsoft has their free scanner avalable for download although many advise that this tool is a bit permissive of questionable programs and add ons! Defender does offer a couple of options the others do not have such as scheduled scan and a resident process for active protection. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...