Does anyone know of a free online spyware and or virus scan? I need it to plugin into my web site which will help pupils and parents at my school by detecting problems with their computers. It needs to be free and preferably not be overloaded with "buy now" links and ads.

Ever heard of GOOGLE.

go to free.grisoft.com . There might be criteria as you are using it for a school but read what that is on the site. The software is called AVG and I heard it was the market leader. There is also NOD32 I think it is called. Check sites like tucows.com and lightspeed.alturl.com . "The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" by Tenzin Gyatso HH the Dalai Lama

>> Ever heard of GOOGLE. Isnt the world wide community and great and friendly place where people are so keen and willing to help others out no matter what. Keep up the good work!!! :/

Yah, well, it's kind of expected that you would try and answer your own question by means a simple internet search before throwing up your hands and asking a grownup. Computing.net is not Google - why waste the volunteers' time by posing n00bish questions? Lazy, or just challenged? We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true

You would do better to encourage them to get a free AV (such as AVG or Avast) installed on their machines if they have nothing already onboard. Online scanners are normally used after people have got the problem, which is not the best way round. Trend and Panda are OK if they need to resort to online scanners. Even these require a small install. DerekW

True enough Computing.net has a list of links to various security tools (including Panda) at the top of the forum page - hidden in plain sight apparently ; ) We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true