Technology a question for computer guys

[Chankovsky]

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My computer is infected with adware and spyware. Is there any free software I can get off the net that can prevent these programs from infecting my system in real time. Also, is CPU usage of 100% mean that all of the memory is going into running these malicious programs. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[PhotoMD]

Just google Ad-Aware and download their free version. It works like a charm.

 

[DrHopeless]

SpyBot, a very good program, especially with the real time thing that it has.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

 

[Handyman2Doc]

I use a program called Spy Sweeper. Just google it and you will find the site to get a free DL of it. It works just fine. To avoid paying for it just don't update it.

If your CPU usage is at 100% then you deffinately have a ton of stuff running the background. Spy Sweeper should clear most of that up for you. You can also check your task manager to see what is hogging up your memory. If you have Windows XP there will be a ton of stuff running. XP is a huge resource hog. A lot of that crap you do not need and can shut it down. When I am gaming I shut down everything but the "system" programs and a couple of those can go as well. You just have to figure it out. If it is an essential program then your PC will just restart.

Hope that helps. G'luck with it.

 

[Chankovsky]

how about preventing unwanted pop-ups

 

[DrMom]

off to the tech forum with you...

 

[Law2Doc]

I think Yahoo has a decent free anti-spyware toolbar download on its site. There are also a variety of anti-spyware programs you should be able to get from CNET...

 

[flighterdoc]

how about preventing unwanted pop-ups

Get a real browser - like Firefox www.mozilla.org, and a firewall.

Oh, and make certain your anti-virus is up to date.

 

[CanIMakeIt]

for the unwanted programs........go to Run and type "msconfig" (without quotations) and uncheck the programs you don't want to run when your computer starts..............don't do it if you are not too sure of how this thing works........

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Firefox not only blocks pop-ups, but it allows you to block ad banners in pages.

Don't like banners on certain sites? Right click them and block them specifically.

 

[Caverject]

Firefox is great. I have the mac version of it

 

[sohana]

Go To Msn.co.in

 

[DDS2BE]

Windows Service pack 2 has pop-up window blocking already built-in as well as a bunch of security patches. Simply go Tools-->System Update and make sure your computer is connected online.

As far as anti spy-ware software goes, I tried many different programs including Ad-Aware and Spybot and now came to conclusion SpyBot is more effective than other programs.