Posts Tagged "anti-spyware"

By admin on Dec 12, 2009 in Speedy Computer | 0 comments

Ways to a trouble free computer There are many people that greatly depend on computers as they do their daily assigned tasks. Thus, their routines normally entail them to have little or more contact with computers. With this, you would most probably aim that your computer would function the right and fast way so that you would also be able to function properly in daily life. This would be important so that the things that you do in your computer would also be done faster. You should then be able to do the ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. In this article, you will learn, understand and try to apply them more often. An error free computer can be possible if you follow the ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. You would not want to allow any virus infection in your computer as it would be hindering you from doing your everyday operations. Thus, you should know that there are many anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spyware programs in the Internet. You should be able to select the best possible program and do the scan regularly. There are more important steps to do for your computer to better function. To summarize, you should know these ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. Make sure that the firewall functions properly so that malicious programs in the computer would not be transferred to other more important files in your computer as you are using the Internet. Regularly scan your computer for possible viruses through anti-virus scans. Regular anti spyware scans should also be done. If found, you should immediately eliminate them to avoid further damages in the computer system. Keep a healthy system through getting updated or latest version of programs. Thus, the performance of your computer would improve as you get updates in the Internet. Doing the regular hard disk maintenance would also a big help if you would be able to clean up a considerable amount of cleared space. This step is easy to use and Windows can give you the steps on how to do this. Scan the windows registry more often. Additionally, you should make sure that you do the registry...

By admin on Oct 13, 2009 in spyware | 0 comments

When you browse the internet, spyware programs lurk and you never know when they will invade your system. They will usually silently creep into your system and without you knowing it, they have started to wreak havoc, destroying some applications and intruding into your privacy. They will also bombard you with unwanted pop-ups or redirect you to websites that you don’t want to go to. Worst, spyware may even steal your personal identity and use it maliciously. Computer experts disclose that 90% of computers are infected by spyware programs with the users not knowing that their computers are infected. This happens because one needs a separate uitlity to be able to detect spyware infections. Spyware are hardly detected by anti-virus programs. Here are some of the things that will tell you that your computer has spyware: You see frequent pop-up windows containing advertisements whether you’re online or working offline; Your computer slows down; the performance has been dramatically reduced; Frequent website redirects especially to websites that are considered as affiliates or with marketing content; Frequent unauthorized changes in your home page and searches; Unauthorized and unwanted toolbars like Mirar toolbar that are added to your browser. Don’t fret. You can do something about these spyware and prevent them from attacking your computer. Here are useful tips to prevent and delete spyware from your computer: You need a reliable anti-spyware program that will be able to scan your computer and detect and remove the spyware from your computer. There are many programs to choose from when your browse the internet. It is essential that you choose a reliable program. As much as possible avoid the freeware anti-spyware as they have limited capabilities and some are even used as a disguise by spyware. The moment you download these spyware in disguise, they will bring more harm than good. After you have downloaded the anti-spyware software, you need to run a full system scan of your computer to detect spyware that may have entered your system already. Once detected, these spyware will be removed from your system. For maintenance and prevention, you need to enable the real time protection and run a full system scan from time to time. For more effective...