Iv js read that smiley central and cursor mania etc are full of spyware, my yong cousin downloaded them onto my pc last week js so she could get a wee red cursor (dont ask lol) what can i do to mend it.............. please explain im useless with computers n dont want to do more damage than good.
2006-09-02 04:33:58 · 10 answers · asked by dina_170606 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
There are quite a few free anti-spyware programs available! I suggest that users should use at least 3 different products to regularly scan their systems. Most of these products are free for non-commercial use versions that have disabled some features, usually the active resident protection.
Spybot Search and Destroy is an excellent program for scanning for and removing spyware. The resident modules can be a bit buggy, but the extra included tools such as startup manger are great! http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
Adaware is another good scanner and removal tool but it has no resident abilities at all in the free version. http://free.lavasoft.com
Ewido is fairly new as a free spyware scanner, but it comes from the people who brought us AVG, so I expect good things: http://free.grisoft.com
Microsoft has their free scanner avalable for download although many advise that this tool is a bit permissive of questionable programs and add ons! Defender does offer a couple of options the others do not have such as scheduled scan and a resident process for active protection. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
The Yahoo toolbar includes an Spyware scanner that works ok. Yahoo does not advise this but you can run this program outside the toolbar by simply creating a shortcut to the exe file found in the yahoo directory under program files. http://toolbar.yahoo.com/
A new player is on the scene with SUPERAntiSpware. I was fairly impressed with the deep scans performed by this product, and it found some inactive files with spyware embedded,that the others had missed. I will add this to the list of tools in the arsenal and see how it really performs on active spyware. If you want to try it you can download it here: http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
Once you have your system cleaned up of all the spyware, then you should protect yourself against new infestations. Spyware Blaster does a very good job and does not use up any system resourses in doing so. Works with both IE and Firefox browsers: This Download can be found at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Another good way to avoid spyware is to use the Firefox browser. While not immune from spyware infestation, you will certainly not have as many problems as when you run I.E. Easy Download at http://www.mozilla.com
2006-09-02 04:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
download the spybot off this website http://www.safer-networking.org/ its a free programme which searches and destroys spyware on your computer and its completly free.. i have it on my computer and its really worked, my computer was so slow because of the amount of spyware on it, and since ive been using spybot is been running alot faster. Its just like norton virus protecting programme without the rip off price. Its free and legal so use it.
To remove the smiley central go to:
start
settings
control panels
adding and removing programmes and remove the smiley central programme
2006-09-02 04:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.trendmicro.com and use the house doctor it will clear your computer of all the nasties. Then download avg free edition and adaware free edition these should stop you getting nasties again. trendmicro does take some time though so be prepared to not use the comp for a couple of hours. It works!!
2006-09-02 04:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware
go there and download and install the personal version, it is free and will scan you pc and remove the spyware
Ad-Aware Personal provides advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. This software is downloadable free of charge.
I use it and it seems vary good
2006-09-02 04:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by banditblue1200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just download any spyware program, and it'll remove it.
Try This, it works very well. If you need more suggestions, I've got plenty!
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?tag=pao
2006-09-02 04:41:14 · answer #5 · answered by kogi_202 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get Windows Defender if you have a legal copy of Windows.
2006-09-02 04:50:48 · answer #6 · answered by Siu02rk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to this website and download the spyware removal tool from the free trial http://www.webroot.com/uk/downloads/?WRSID=0aea21790d77da2d4012def239f17100
2006-09-02 04:47:18 · answer #7 · answered by kell s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just download Adaware from www.adaware.se and scan the computer.
It's free and very good.
2006-09-02 04:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to http://www.majorgeeks.com and download an anit-spyware.
2006-09-02 04:51:52 · answer #9 · answered by lomatar1186 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get spybot search and destroy! its free
http://www.safer-networking.org/
2006-09-02 04:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋