Detect and Remove Spyware

1. chezzrob Said,

   about the 2 gig, vista needs 1 gig, the programs you use need the other gig, so yes get 2 gig.

   about adware, run these two programs = great results

   Do all this

   Clean Up Computer
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   Download and run superantispyware. I was put onto this program because of an annoying popup (XP or Vista plus all OS preceding)

   http://www.superantispyware.com
   Superantispyware is a good program and remember to update it before scanning. A scan may take 45mins.

   afterwards clean up the registry with this
   Clean up pc and IE
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   To clean up run this Microsoft’s windows live program. It does registry, spyware , virus , disk clean up and defrag

   It takes 2 hours or more so once it starts to load x file of x you can leave the computer and go to bed etc.

   XP Users http://onecare.live.com/site/en-ca/defau...

   Vista Users http://onecare.live.com/site/en-ca/cente...

   Run the full scanner, then at the end of the scan it asks you to set it running full time.

   Think twice about setting it to run in the background as it could be another thing to slow you down. However, it may be worth while if you have no other security programs running.

   Consider the following options:
   I personally run Norton 360 which is full internet security and run superantispyware when I want to.

   So if you don’t have a decent internet security program then perhaps run the superantispyware with your antivirus in the background.

   If you sick of antivirus programs that don’t work perhaps run onecare full time and run superantispyware whenever.

   Now you should be flying and Onecare has even set up a new system restore point for you.

2. Nicholas Said,

   Download and install Spybot Search and Destroy to remove adware, and with Vista you should have at least 1 gigabyte of memory but two gigabytes is preferred.

   http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

3. Phill Lee Said,

   Go to your control panel, find Windows defender located there. Run it. It will remove the adware/spyware. Yes Vista takes 2gbs of memory to get good performance with vista. But Vista can be run on 1 gb. It is just less feature rich.

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