With all the Christmas and New Year celebrations and work that has resulted due to Christmas sales, I´m struggling to get everything tied up and so I thought it would be nice this week if I were to reprint an article I wrote months ago which many of my readers found particularly helpful but also many of you also missed. This essential piece of software mentioned below really should be downloaded and installed by everybody reading this article along with the free version of the AVG Anti-virus checker which I´ve also been recommending in the past year.
Quite a common complaint submitted by readers is intrusive software which often installs itself onto their systems with no easy way to remove it. Quite often the software contains questionable content such as pornographic links and it can be quite concerning if the computer is shared with other members of the family as there is often no way to delete the links that have been created. I managed to find a nice piece of software called `Spybot Search & Destroy´ removes any such questionable software and tries to prevent it from re-returning.
Once you´ve started the program you should scan your system for spyware & adware which takes a couple of minutes to complete and the program then displays a list of the problems that it found on your system along with the option to automatically repair them. It´s surprising how much rubbish many of you will have running in the background constantly as I keep a regularly clean out junk applications and the program managed to detect at least a dozen or so rouge applications installed on my hard drive. By removing them you can free up valuable system resources and also make your computer slightly more pleasant to use and an important point to note is that the software does make a backup as it goes along so if you find that certain programs won´t work anymore then you can always restore your system to how it was previously. Once you´ve cleaned out all the rubbish which has then the program has the option to immunize your system which installs preventative measures to help prevent rouge software from installing itself again.
If you head to securuty.Kolla.de then the file is 3.5Mg in size so even on a 56k connection it should only take 10 minutes or so to download and the best news is that it´s completely free of charge although the author does ask for a donation if you find it helpful and the free AVG virus checker should be downloaded from Grisoft.com To conclude, one of the most annoying areas of the modern Internet is the large number of programmers on the Internet who believe that it is acceptable to install useless software on to your computer without your permission and without any easy way to uninstall just so they can make some quick money. Much of this software exposes you to constant pop up advertising without your permission or tracks your browsing habits so I personally believe that any program which tries to kerb this abuse has to be worth installing.
Badwares Infotech 2007
