I need to run a spyware scan on my laptop running windows vista?

I was just wondering if there is a good free software download out there that will scan my computer and remove the spyware/adware and other bad things from my computer? I have tried Ad-aware but every time I try to fix the problems it gives me an error message and shuts down. Any help would be great. Thanks

I need to run a spyware scan on my laptop running windows vista?spyware removal

This is free and works good.

http://superantispyware.com/

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!

Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!

Spybot - Search %26 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 haven't 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. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S%26D is free.

http://www.spybot.info/

I need to run a spyware scan on my laptop running windows vista?virus protection software

Ad-Aware 2007 is free, and compatible with Windows Vista.
Check this out...

http://www.tenebril.com/