Do you have Adware, Spyware, Virus/Trojan or a Browser HiJacker?
Please feel free to add any tutorials of your own relating to this topic or give your opinions and questions!
[Note the tread that I wrote up earlier (Free Internet Security Programs) features these programs and other very useful tools]
First program to run is:
Adaware SE Personal
• After you have installed this, click on the Update Icon.
• Click on the Connect button, this will search and make sure it has the latest updates.
• If it doesn’t have the latest updates it will say it has found updates.
• Click on Ok, if it has the latest, click on Finish with the Green Tick.
• Now the updating is done, now its time to scan your computer.
• Click on the Start button at the bottom right hand side of the screen, and then click Next.
• This is now scanning your hard drive for Adware, this may take a little while depending on your hard drive size and the amount of files you have.
• Once it has finished click Next.
• It will now show you the Critical Objects.
• Right click somewhere in that area then click Select All Objects.
• Now click on the Negligible Objects tab then do the same.
• Then click Next. It will now say, XX objects will be removed. Continue?
• Click on Ok.
The Second program to run is:
Spybot - Search and Destroy
• After you have installed this, click on the Update Icon.
• Now click on the Search for Updates button at the top of the screen.
• This will connect to the Spybot servers and check to see if there are any updates.
• If there is, they will be listed in the white space below the buttons, otherwise it will say No New Updates.
• Click on the Check Boxes next to each of the updates then click on Download Updates.
• Ok, now you’re all up to date, click on Search & Destroy on the top left hand side, and then click on Check for Problems.
• The speed will vary once again from Hard Drive size etc.
(this in most cases takes longer then Adaware)
• Once it’s scanned, they should have Ticks already in the Check Boxes, if they don’t, tick them.
• Now click on Fix Selected Problems near the Check for Problems button
• Now that you have run those, now its time to run an Online Virus Scan.
Go to
• Under the Scan Your PC heading, click on Scan Now. Its Free!
• Now from the drop down box, Select the Country you are from then click Go
• Once it has updated you are ready to select your hard drive and scan.
• If you are running Windows XP, you will need to choose the Install ActiveX when the warning bar appears, otherwise it won’t go any further.
• Click in the Check Box next to the drive you want to scan (eg C:\) then on the right hand side Click in the Check Box near Auto Clean
• Now click on Scan
• Let that scan. It will then display if you have any viruses, and if it can’t auto clean, click on the file then click on Delete on the right.
Now you should be safe from the nasty bugs!
[Adware, Spyware, Virus/Trojan or a Browser HiJacker]
You may need more program to be fully safe:
Vist
Please feel free to add any tutorials of your own relating to this topic or give your opinions and questions!
[Note the tread that I wrote up earlier (Free Internet Security Programs) features these programs and other very useful tools]
First program to run is:
Adaware SE Personal
• After you have installed this, click on the Update Icon.
• Click on the Connect button, this will search and make sure it has the latest updates.
• If it doesn’t have the latest updates it will say it has found updates.
• Click on Ok, if it has the latest, click on Finish with the Green Tick.
• Now the updating is done, now its time to scan your computer.
• Click on the Start button at the bottom right hand side of the screen, and then click Next.
• This is now scanning your hard drive for Adware, this may take a little while depending on your hard drive size and the amount of files you have.
• Once it has finished click Next.
• It will now show you the Critical Objects.
• Right click somewhere in that area then click Select All Objects.
• Now click on the Negligible Objects tab then do the same.
• Then click Next. It will now say, XX objects will be removed. Continue?
• Click on Ok.
The Second program to run is:
Spybot - Search and Destroy
• After you have installed this, click on the Update Icon.
• Now click on the Search for Updates button at the top of the screen.
• This will connect to the Spybot servers and check to see if there are any updates.
• If there is, they will be listed in the white space below the buttons, otherwise it will say No New Updates.
• Click on the Check Boxes next to each of the updates then click on Download Updates.
• Ok, now you’re all up to date, click on Search & Destroy on the top left hand side, and then click on Check for Problems.
• The speed will vary once again from Hard Drive size etc.
(this in most cases takes longer then Adaware)
• Once it’s scanned, they should have Ticks already in the Check Boxes, if they don’t, tick them.
• Now click on Fix Selected Problems near the Check for Problems button
• Now that you have run those, now its time to run an Online Virus Scan.
Go to
• Under the Scan Your PC heading, click on Scan Now. Its Free!
• Now from the drop down box, Select the Country you are from then click Go
• Once it has updated you are ready to select your hard drive and scan.
• If you are running Windows XP, you will need to choose the Install ActiveX when the warning bar appears, otherwise it won’t go any further.
• Click in the Check Box next to the drive you want to scan (eg C:\) then on the right hand side Click in the Check Box near Auto Clean
• Now click on Scan
• Let that scan. It will then display if you have any viruses, and if it can’t auto clean, click on the file then click on Delete on the right.
Now you should be safe from the nasty bugs!
[Adware, Spyware, Virus/Trojan or a Browser HiJacker]
You may need more program to be fully safe:
Vist