free spyware remover?!
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lol it had a field day when it went thru my internet page files......914 infected files and still 5% to go!!!
are you sure you dont download much....say....goat porn?
gotta say that the best free (legally
) programs are spybot search and destroy together with ad-aware, as i've got both they cover each other and can find what the other didn't, i usually scan about every few months, you may need more if you surf those cracker / warez / dodgy sites. Removing ****e should also help your gaming scores
i think you'll find alot of spyware can mutate in the same way viruses can. Some spyware hides itself as registries so deep scanners are needed. But new viruses and mutations are created faster than antispyware/virus software designers can update their kit. AVG is probably the best anti virus. But as i say, no anti virus will stop ever virus, many are embedded into website script so can get into your system that way.
Some1 mentioned that you get viruses from downloading, true but that isnt the only way. Programmes such as msn, icq, yahoo messenger, soe multiplayer internet games and xfire gaming open up extra ports to the internet which cannot all be policeda t once by an anti virus or anti spyware.
Kaspersky is a good alround scanner, sorts out the registries. Best way to sort out malicious spyware and trojans in the registries is to manually delete them, although, this does have tis risks. Registries are extra information DOS and other such aspects of the windows operating systems use to obtain the final product i.e. your desired outcome. If you delete the wrong one, then there is the potential for it to all go ape sh*t.
May i also point out defragmenting your hard drives every so often allows more effective scanning and improves cpu access speed
Some1 mentioned that you get viruses from downloading, true but that isnt the only way. Programmes such as msn, icq, yahoo messenger, soe multiplayer internet games and xfire gaming open up extra ports to the internet which cannot all be policeda t once by an anti virus or anti spyware.
Kaspersky is a good alround scanner, sorts out the registries. Best way to sort out malicious spyware and trojans in the registries is to manually delete them, although, this does have tis risks. Registries are extra information DOS and other such aspects of the windows operating systems use to obtain the final product i.e. your desired outcome. If you delete the wrong one, then there is the potential for it to all go ape sh*t.
May i also point out defragmenting your hard drives every so often allows more effective scanning and improves cpu access speed
in the end it nuked around a 1000 files, most of which came from my old spy ware remover which it turns out was spyware itself! cheaky sods i paid for that as well i think
ah well spydoctor appears to have tided it up for now, seems to be running a little smoother too
ah well spydoctor appears to have tided it up for now, seems to be running a little smoother too
go to windows then go to accesories it should be somewere in there. you might wana do disk clean up aswell.
ouch win 2000? Possibly the most insecure version ever made along with win 98
should be similar to xp in that you go my computer--> right click your hard drive---> properties--> click the tools tab---> defragment
if not i'll have a gander in virtual pc for you
and like Justin said, do disk cleanup which is (off the top of my head) also be under hard drive or control panel-->system--> performance--> diskclean up
also minimizing the number of items on the desk top and startup processes i.e. automatically start up, say, a media player or msn, reduces the time it takes for your desktop to become "active" when you give the pute some juice
along with win 98should be similar to xp in that you go my computer--> right click your hard drive---> properties--> click the tools tab---> defragment
if not i'll have a gander in virtual pc for you
and like Justin said, do disk cleanup which is (off the top of my head) also be under hard drive or control panel-->system--> performance--> diskclean up
also minimizing the number of items on the desk top and startup processes i.e. automatically start up, say, a media player or msn, reduces the time it takes for your desktop to become "active" when you give the pute some juice
cool thanks guys, ill leave it runniing overnight tonight i think
yeah win 2k, ive had this computer a while now...was top of the line when i built it around or 5 years ago, maybe time for an update pentium 3 is a little out of date now i guess
yeah win 2k, ive had this computer a while now...was top of the line when i built it around or 5 years ago, maybe time for an update
pentium 3 is a little out of date now i guess- Status