subject: The Best Way to Determine if Your PC is Infected with Adware and Spyware [print this page] The Best Way to Determine if Your PC is Infected with Adware and Spyware
I know your problem and why you are reading this now. You have a Windows machine and you think that it is acting a little suspicious. You know there is something wrong with your PC you just can't get past it. I will help you determine what is wrong with your PC.
Do you know anything about adware and spyware? These malicious programs infects your PC. They can steal personal information or delete your data. Security is essential if you are worried about spyware and adware. You can download a few software to remove adware and spyware from your PC.
How can you know if you are malware infected? You will feel that your PC is doing everything slowly. You either have disk fragmentation or spyware infection if you have a slow computer. Don't forget that adware and spyware are also Windows programs. These programs spread themselves rapidly in your vulnerable system.
One sign that your PC is infected is when you see unauthorized start up programs launch itself. When malicious software launches itself during start up, it will be very hard to remove it from your system. I'm not saying that it will be impossible to remove it from your Windows install. As we continue, I will show you how you can remove these things from your system.
You are infected if your PC starts emailing other people in your contacts. I remember the time when I was surfing the Internet and my firewall was alerting me every few minutes that Outlook was sending email to people in my address book. There is only one way to stop this unauthorized emailing, that is by disconnecting from the Internet, thus crippling the usefulness of your PC.
This is where spyware cleaners can help you. Put a good spyware scanner in an USB drive and then scan your infected PC from it. Using an USB drive will help bypass the malware that prevents your scanners from starting up. Using the pen drive, scan your PC with it. Follow directions carefully and restart if the program wants you to restart.
You are already spyware infected if your PC is extremely slow. Malicious software infection must be the reason why your computer is extremely slow. When surfing the Internet, you should always consider to protect your PC using updated service packs and the latest adware and spyware scanners.
