So you've got some annoying adverts popping up on your screen, or your computer is annoyingly slow, or you have got strange icons littered across your screen, or any other strange anomaly on your computer?
Well, then you probably have spyware and need to get your hands on a good spyware removal utility.
But which one? There are so many to choose from in the retailers, and there is even plenty more to choose from online? Here's what to look out for and what to avoid:
What to look out for.
A spyware removal utility that provides you -
1) Real time protection or proactive scanning
This means that it will prevent spyware from infecting your computer before it even has a chance to do so. Its great if the spyware removal utility can remove the spyware, but it must also offer you future protection.
2) Scans ActiveX components and the Windows registry, and cleans both out.
These are two areas where spyware can hide very safely. Also, it should do a full registry clean.
3) Scans and cleans your temporary folders and cookies.
Another great little hiding place for spyware. The spyware removal utility should be checking these areas, too.
4) Scans all your applications
Windows applications, too, should not be safe from a scan because every often the spyware may 'piggyback' or hide behind these applications, trying to look as if it is a valid application on its own.
5) Gives you a log of all scans and processes completed.
You want to be able to get a log of what it has found on the scan and also see what the program has done. This is also helpful in particular bad forms of spyware, so that you can post log files onto forums and people can help you with anything.
6) Allows for scheduled scans
You need to perform regular scans in case you have contracted anything new, or the latest definition files the spyware removal utility has received might find something new. You will probably forget on your own so setting up scheduled scans just makes sense.
7) Must stay up to date
New spyware variants are coming up daily and so spyware removal utilities need to also stay ahead. Regular updates are imperative and if no regular updates are coming you ought to complain to customer service. (In other words, find software that is known to update regularly to avoid this problem.)
8) Creates a Windows System Restore point before it deletes anything.
This is so that if anything gets deleted, moved, or any spyware has attached itself to something important in Windows and the spyware removal utility deletes it, it is able to bring things back to where things were. In other words, if Windows gets corrupted the spyware creates almost a save point, a system restore point.
9) Has a quarantine facility
This is so you can restore any deleted files. Sometimes documents or so may be deleted in an effort to track down the spyware. You can recover these documents easily if the spyware removal utility has a quarantine facility.
These nine points are the basics of what you should look out for – good luck!
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