One of a Yahoo answerer answered me to install this "Lavasoft's ad-aware" from the download.com.He said that my pc might have a key logger,so he insited me to install this to remove everything it finds.
Should i have to do that?Whats that actually?Pls guide friends.
Thanks..May God Bless You all Dears..
Ps: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqCmtTZKa1tKzAjDv5ECSbHsy6IX?qid=20070822082628AAuDTLU This is my previous question to which he has answered.
2007-08-25 07:13:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
but actually,i tried to dowload key logger from downloads.com a few days before & after downloading, my pc warned me that by downloading this "you may get spyware to your pc"And my pc asked If i want to accept to install into my pc or to Delete.I selected Delete.
But after this incident only i am in terrible hacking trouble.Pls help.
2007-08-25 07:18:34 · update #1
Ad-Aware is a program that removes adware - files/cookies that can get installed on your computer by visiting certain sites. Once installed, some of them can keep track of where you've been, and infect your computer with files that make it slow, hijack your browser, or worse. Adaware will find many of these bad files and remove them.
You should also install Spybot's Search and Destroy. It finds different kinds of bad infectious files on your computer. Use them both regularly, and be sure to update them regularly also. Play around with the options/preferences in each and you'll find where to update them. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
I'm guessing you have some Antivirus program installed also, right? If not, there's a decent one that's free called AVG. It's here: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/
*You DON'T want keyloggers installed on your computer. That's what antivirus, spyware removers, and ad-aware will help you get RID of.
2007-08-25 07:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE
2016-05-17 21:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adaware is a reliable and trustworthy tool that find and removes "spyware" and "adware" form a PC. However I'd suggest getting it direct from the makers site at www.lavasoftusa.com Also worth having is Spybot, the other good tool for similar things, but it has a differenct range of nasties it finds, It's from www.spybot.org
I'd agree to running adaware, but would add to also run spybot afterwards as well . . . double protection.
Also change your email account password to something new after you run these programs, as someone already appears to have the password. You also fail to state what makes you suspect the account was hacked, if you simply get lots of returned mails, it's more likely a spammer is falsifying their sender details to those matching your account.
2007-08-25 07:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.lavasoft.de is the site. It is a decent program that searches for spyware, identiies the threat level and removes the items you select. Some of the files it finds is login cookies for some of the sites you use on a regular basis. It can be inconvenient, but no real harm is done. If you suspect a problem, use it, You can also get spybot. The highest rated anti-spyware is www.maxspywareremover.com.
2007-08-25 07:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ad-Aware from Lavasoft is a program to search your computer and get rid of adware and spyware. I personally use it because it's another simple tool to keep your computer clean. I have had no problems, it does a great job but of course there are things it possibly won't find like any similar program, so you can't expect it to find 100% of your problems because it only works on adware and spyware.
2007-08-25 07:18:12 · answer #5 · answered by dabomb18359 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft set up this message to alert people who don't know about malware. It's up to you once the message comes up. Ad-Aware is a top notch program. Type it into a search if you want for reviews. I would go to www.lavasoft.com to look at them & Ad-Aware. They're the makers. A key logger is an outsider who tracks your keyboard movement as far as I know.
2007-09-01 09:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Larry W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lavasoft Ad - Aware is a programm which can help you to clean your computer and avoid it to be bolocked sometimes. It is also important when you don't have an anti virus in your desk stop.
2007-09-02 04:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
2007-08-25 07:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by ej3dval1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that software removes all malicious things. You can run that or Spy Bot search and destroy.
or both and make sure your pc is super clean from infected files.
2007-08-25 07:18:38 · answer #9 · answered by Heat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think too many people have this problem.
But after my studies(I'm a computer professioanl) I found out that keylogger is a virus and the job that gives it to you gives it to its manufacturer too.
Which is one kind of hacking.
So Quickly download NOD32 Anti-Virus and Update it then make a scan,
TRUST ME
I have 20 contacts that send me THANKS for telling them about this Anti-Virus.
TRUST
2007-08-29 01:56:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋