Post by FuZzNuT-[TU]- on Jul 15, 2006 1:41:59 GMT -5
Clean as in free from things such as parasite programs which slow computers down. Everybody by now should of heard of parasite programs. They are the flip side to virus/trojan programs, only WAY more prevelant. If you're on the net, you've caught them at one time or another. Downloaders,Dialers, Browser Hijackers Keyloggers and other Trojan types.
Tips to keep your PC clean:
First thing, if you MUST use Internet Explorer(IE) you need to button it down.
Right click on the desktop icon for IE and select 'properties'. Go to the 'Advanced' tab. Scroll down and make sure 'Install on Demand' and 'Install on Demand Other'(IE 6)options are unchecked.
Having this option 'checked' which is its default setting, allowed everything that you bumped into on the net to install itself on YOUR pc whenever it wanted. It allowed things to install on your system when THEY demanded to be. Not when, or whether you wanted them to be.
Next, download Ad-aware. Install it on your system. Update it and then run it. Preferably in safe mode. Have it squish anything it finds.
Then, download Spybot Search and Destroy. Update it and run it. Have it remove anything it finds.
Why use both? Because most of the time, one always finds something the other didn't.
Here also is a link to Merjin.org's page to download Cool Web Shredder(CWS). I wouldn't recommend using any of the other tools included on the download page unless you know what you are doing as you can damage your system if you don't. However, CWS is automated and will take care of things on its own.
Afterwards, Javacools SpyWareblaster helps stop bad stuff from getting into your PC in the first place. I recommend downloading it and running it. All it does is basically give IE a 'list' of things not to EVER to allow to be downloaded. After that it shuts off. It does not run in the background. Every now and then it must be updated. It then gives the updates list of things not to allow to be downloaded to IE. etc etc.
Now that your computer should be all clean now from Spyware. Here are some other things that are good for your PC. However, if you are still having troubles getting your PC clean, go HERE.
Alternative Browsers not so vulnerable to Spyware as IE:
Opera
Firefox
Free and EXCELLENT Antivirus programs.
AVG Free Edition
AntiVir
Avast Free Edition
So no snivelling Cookie about how you can't get your computer to stop lagging.
Tips to keep your PC clean:
First thing, if you MUST use Internet Explorer(IE) you need to button it down.
Right click on the desktop icon for IE and select 'properties'. Go to the 'Advanced' tab. Scroll down and make sure 'Install on Demand' and 'Install on Demand Other'(IE 6)options are unchecked.
Having this option 'checked' which is its default setting, allowed everything that you bumped into on the net to install itself on YOUR pc whenever it wanted. It allowed things to install on your system when THEY demanded to be. Not when, or whether you wanted them to be.
Next, download Ad-aware. Install it on your system. Update it and then run it. Preferably in safe mode. Have it squish anything it finds.
Then, download Spybot Search and Destroy. Update it and run it. Have it remove anything it finds.
Why use both? Because most of the time, one always finds something the other didn't.
Here also is a link to Merjin.org's page to download Cool Web Shredder(CWS). I wouldn't recommend using any of the other tools included on the download page unless you know what you are doing as you can damage your system if you don't. However, CWS is automated and will take care of things on its own.
Afterwards, Javacools SpyWareblaster helps stop bad stuff from getting into your PC in the first place. I recommend downloading it and running it. All it does is basically give IE a 'list' of things not to EVER to allow to be downloaded. After that it shuts off. It does not run in the background. Every now and then it must be updated. It then gives the updates list of things not to allow to be downloaded to IE. etc etc.
Now that your computer should be all clean now from Spyware. Here are some other things that are good for your PC. However, if you are still having troubles getting your PC clean, go HERE.
Alternative Browsers not so vulnerable to Spyware as IE:
Opera
Firefox
Free and EXCELLENT Antivirus programs.
AVG Free Edition
AntiVir
Avast Free Edition
So no snivelling Cookie about how you can't get your computer to stop lagging.