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Spyware / Adware General terms for a program that surreptitiously monitors your actions. While they are sometimes sinister, like a remote control program used by a hacker, software companies have been known to use spyware to gather data about customers. Spyware typically seizes a great deal of your CPU's processing time and Internet bandwidth eventually slowing your computer down to a point that it will be rendered useless to you. A main source of spyware comes from allegedly free programs that you be download off the Internet. One of the primary sources of spyware is from free versions of Music Sharing programs such as Kazaa, Morphis, Bearshare, Limewire, Madster, Grokster, and WinMX to name a few. Even Real Player and Windows Media Player have components that are considered spyware. My recommendation is to use the purchased (non-adware supported) versions of these sharing programs.
Rid your system of Adware and Spyware.
Download and run one or all the following FREE programs.
These programs both detect and remove a multitude of adware and spyware files.
These programs will start to download a little while after you click on Download link.
When the file download box pops up, make sure you click on the OPEN or RUN button to install the program. Choose all the default settings during the installation by clicking next and finish.
 | Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected.
|  | Spy Sweeper
Stop spyware from monitoring your online activites and reducing PC performance. Spy Sweeper features Active Shield technology, which stops spyware before it infects your PC. Deep scans root out and quarantine the trickiest programs. |  | Spybot Search & Destroy
This program is supplied for free by Patrick M. Kolla and you can find out more about it by clicking here for the home page. Run the program, click on Search & Destroy, then check for problems. When complete, click on "fix selected problems." |  | Ad-aware - Download Here
This program is supplied for free by the company called LavaSoft and you can find out more about them by clicking here for their home page. Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. |
Run and Update: Once downloaded and installed. Run these programs one at a time by clicking on the appropriate icon on your desktop.
Before you have the program check for problems, make sure you have it check for updates. This way the program will be able to find and remove the latest threats. Note: when downloading the latest updates from the SpyBot program make sure you change the download location from Europe to the USA since sometimes the Europe location does not work.
Fix Selected Problems: After the programs have completed make sure that all of the problems found have check boxes next to them. Then continue by either clicking the next button (in Ad-aware) or the "fix selected problems" button (in Spybot).
Run these programs once a month or whenever you feel your system starts to slow down.
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