what are some good anti spyware programs? please help computer so slow?

Question

also a free program?

Answer 1

Install avast! antivirus (it's free to home users, just register) and scan your computer. It should find your viruses and spyware. Also, after you install it, uninstall whatever antivirus you had before and make sure your firewall is turned on. Good luck!

Answer 2

Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, and Windows Defender are excellent (and free) options. They check for malware which includes spyware and tracking cookies. I definately recommend you download all three and run them reguarly. They are great tools to help keep your computer running smoothly.

Make sure you have some sort of a firewall running as well. There is one built into Windows XP. Go to start, control panel, and then Security Center to make sure that it is enabled.

After you have scanned for viruses and malware, use Windows defender software explore (under tools) r to see what is running on your computer on startup. You can end stupid processes that get on there. If you are not sure what a process does, google it and see if it is necessary. Defender will tell you if it shipped with the operating system or not. However, don't kill all programs that do not ship with the operating system because that can cause issues. Like I said, make sure you google it, if you are still unsure....leave it alone.

Also, go to add or remove programs and uninstall any programs you do not need or use. Once again, if you are unsure google it, or leave it alone.

After you do this, run the disk defragmenter (start, accessories, system tools). This moves the files together for faster access. This does take a while to run depending how much you have on your hard drive and the speed of your computer. You may want to start this before you go to bed.

Answer 3

Oh, Yes!
You are infected with spyware if:

* You see too much pop-up advertisements.
* Your browser has toolbars that you haven't installed.
* Your homepage has changed (and you can't change it back).
* Other settings have changed without your permission.
* Your computer is slow.

To get rid of spyware and keep your computer clean you have to use an antispyware or even more. You can download a antispyware software.
There are top ten the best and latest anti-spywares in 2007.
--Top Ten Anti-Spyware Software Review 2007-- link:
http://topten-reviews.info
It can be trusted and you can download one.
Hope you have a good day today by deleting the ugly sypware.

Answer 4

If your computer is slow it's because you have too many programs running all at the same time. If you have all kinds of icons in your task bare in the bottom right corner of your screen, those are programs running. You need to shut them down and then set them to where they do not start at windows startup. That is done by going to the programs properties and telling it not to start a windows startup, or going to run and typing msconfig hit enter then go to startup tab and deselecting the programs that you do not want to start. That should help.

Answer 5

Spyware Blocker

This is free and requires you to check for and enable updates manually once a week or so. It uses no system resources. It blocks spyware before it installs.
SpywareBlaster (inoculates, not a spyware removal tool)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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AntiSpyware Applications

SuperAntispyware
http://superantispyware.com/
Spybot S&D (free version requires manual updating)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
AVG AntiSpyware
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5
Adaware from Lavasoft (free version requires automatic updating)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
(These programs can be run in Safe Mode after installation and updating)

Note: Adaware2007 for Vista is not due to be released until August 2007)

Answer 6

I would say no to Norton for sure, but there are many other free ones, Like mentioned before there is SpyBot and Adaware which work great, I also use Grisoft's Spyware protection which is free and they also have free antivirus also!

Answer 7

CCleaner - good for deleting all un - wanted files and makes my computer go a little faster.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Also if you have a pc go to start, run, then type in msconfig which opens System Configuration Utility, once there go to startup the tab all the way on the right and there you will see a list of all the things your computer opens and etc when you log in to your name and etc, Confused on what they all mean i was as to thats why there is a site called. bleepingcomputer.com, once there you can either click on the tab "startup's " or click on my link i gave you which takes you right to it, once there simply type in those things like for an example. ehtray is one that i have checked but if i want sure i would type in ehtray on the search bar find what mine looks like and get information from it its kind of simple sorry i wrote so much.

http://www.CCleaner.com
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/

Answer 8

Ad-Aware SE from www.lavasoft.com and XoftSpy SE from www.paretologic.com are both very good freeware products. What one misses, the other one catches. Besides adware and spyware detection and removal, they also scan for trojans and harmful registry entries, among other things.

Answer 9

Ad-aware and Spybot are both good programs and are free for personal PC use. You can find them both by searching Google.

Answer 10

YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE BELOW YOU CANNOT BE DISAPOINTED IF YOU FOLLOW THE COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

YOU COMPUTER WILL RUN FAST AND SECURE FOREVER!!!

http://computersguide.blogspot.com/2007/01/install-computers.html