Yahoo! Anti-Spy finds and removes the following categories of software:
- Adware
- Backdoors
- Browser Helper Objects
- DDoS
- Dialers
- Downloaders
- Firewall Killers
- Hijackers
- Hostile ActiveX
- Hostile Java
- Hostile Scripts
- IRC Ware
- Keyloggers
- Password Capture
- Remote Access Tools (RATs), non-commercial
- Spyware
- Tracking cookies (optional)
- Trojans
- Worms
Please note that Yahoo! Anti-Spy might require you to reboot your computer multiple times to completely remove some items.
Yahoo! Anti-Spy does not find:
- Hacking tools or scripts
- Viruses (This application is a complement to anti-virus software, but it is NOT a replacement.)