How To Eliminate Spyware From Your Computer

Posted by Abirama on Monday, May 08, 2017 in Computer | No comments

When you are browsing on the internet,  is there often a 'pop-up' ad in your computer? If yes, that means your computer has been exposed to spyware. And it's kinda annoying, so before I'm going to tell you how to eliminate spyware. Did you know what spyware really is? Well, according to Wikipedia spyware is a software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge.

"Spyware" is mostly classified into four types: adware, system monitors, tracking cookies, and trojans; examples of other notorious types include digital rights management capabilities that "phone home", keyloggers, rootkits, and web beacons. Recently, my computer was infected by spyware and when I try to scanned it with the antivirus. Nothing showed up, my antivirus says that my computer is fine. After trying so many ways to eliminated the spyware, I finally did it and here's how:

Install A Spyware Removal Software
There are so many spyware removal program out there. But what is the most effective program to remove spyware? After playing around with so many spyware removal programs that I can found on the internet, I finally found a good software that can remove all spyware on my computer. Hopefully, this can help you guys:

1. The first software is SpyBot Search & Destroy. You can download it at http://www.safer-networking.org. Install this software and update its database by pressing the 'search for update' button. Press the 'Search for Problems' button and delete the program it finds. Reboot your computer.
2. The second software is Ad-aware, created by Lava-Soft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com). Download the free version and install it on your computer. As before, first update the database and run it. Remove any programs it finds and reboot your computer

You should do all the steps above all over again, just to make sure the spyware is eliminated completely. And don't forget to update the database, at least once a week.

 

Be Careful To What You Are Downloading

If you often download a pirate software on the internet, you should be careful. Because there are so many software developer that often insert or put a harmful software that your antivirus can't detect. Some of the steps below may help to prevent this kind of problem from happening again:

1. Be careful with the programs you install. Many downloadable programs like Kazaa, Imesh etc. Which installs other software that can make your computer slow and can even make your computer and crash.
2. Update your computer with the patch provided by Microsoft. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools> Windows Update> Product Update and install all available security updates. It is important to update these security fixes regularly. Update also Java VM because many programs use it. 
3. In Internet Explorer, click Tools> Internet Options> Security> Internet. Press the 'default' button and press 'OK'. Now press 'Custom Level'. For 'ActiveX', select 'prompt' for 'Download signed and unsigned ActiveX control'. Select 'disable' for 'Download unsigned ActiveX controls' and 'Initialize and script ActiveX control'.

If you are using the internet, you may be asked if there is software that will install on your computer. For websites that you already know and trust you can move them to 'Trusted Zone' in Internet option> security.

 

Update Your Antivirus

One of the main reason why your computer was infected by spyware, is because your Antivirus definition is outdated. This happened because viruses or spywares are evolving, so your outdated antivirus will be overwhelming and can't detect the virus or spyware. And to prevent something like this to happened, you should evolve your antivirus. Just simply open your Antivirus and click update. That way, you will be save from virus or spyware attack.

 

That is how I eliminate the spyware in my computer. If you are successfully eliminated the spyware and didn't want this to happened again, just make sure you didn't install a pirate software. How hard is it to just buy the software from the developer?