a spyware is a software that comes along within your casual internet traffic and collects information about your habits, or anything it is programmed for. I think Uncle Sam, together with Uncle Bill (gates) created a spyware that monitors every Windows operating PC on earth, piles the info and "tracks the terrorists" down.
Nah, spybot is t3h l_l83r 1337 spyware remover. And it's Maddox-endorsed! And I think adaware only removes adware, which is different from spyware.
they both do much the same thing and neither one gets everything. I run them both, but since I installed spyware blaster I have gone from dozens of instances to usually one or two.
Ad-aware is much better than spybot. I've got both. I run Ad-aware first and spybot second and spybot never finds anything after Ad-aware runs. plus Ad-aware has new updates much more often. it's free and it works!