Spyware, Adware, and Viruses Interfering with Steam

Spyware, adware, viruses, trojans, and worms may directly impact your ability to access Steam - if you have exhausted other troubleshooting steps, or if you have noticed unexpected behavior and decreased performance on your machine, please download and install a spyware and adware scanner and a virus scanning utility.

Find and Remove Spyware and Adware

• Ad-Aware - This program (licensed free for home use) provides broad-spectrum scanning capabilities - if you find many spyware or adware programs when running Ad-Aware, you may need to run more comprehensive scans with another utility
• Spybot Search&Destroy - This program (free to use) is a very popular spyware and adware removal utility
• Windows Defender - This program (free to use) was released by Microsoft to find and remove spyware

Find and Remove Viruses, Trojans, and Worms

Freeware

• AVGFree
• F-Secure Blacklight
• Kaspersky Antivirus
• Fixwareout
• Spyware Doctor

Commercial Software

• Norton Antivirus
• McAfee Antivirus

관련된 주제

• Programs Which Interfere with Steam
• Troubleshooting Network Connectivity
• Account Security Recommendations
• Recent Steam Update Issues