Getting rid of spyware, adware and viruses?
I have a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista. My anti-virus and spyware programs expired and now I have a lot of trouble with my laptop-it barely works when I turn it on and when it does work it runs incredibly slow. Any free programs I can download to fix this problem. If I use a recover disc will it delete all of the viruses and work properly again?
I’d rather download something to fix it, but if the recover disc will be the 100% solution I’m willing to try it.
Download and scan with Malwarebytes and/or SUPERAntiSpyware.
Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware are the best anti-spyware applications available (you can have more than one). Other free anti-spyware programs would be Spybot Search & Destroy, Adaware, AVG Anti-spyware (formally Ewido), A-squared, Spyware Terminator and SpywareBlaster.
If you do not have an updated anti-virus program always running, you need to get one. Install only one, but you can get AVG, Avast! or AntiVir for free.
Running virus removal programs in Safe Mode (tap F8 as the computer boots up and choose to boot to safe mode) can be more effective. The idea behind the Safe Mode is that the operating system would only load your essential programs and drivers to the memory and hence there is a “high” chance that the virus-infected file is on the drive but not loaded into memory.
I strongly recommend using Firefox as your primary Web browser, It is safer and beter than Internet Explorer. Get the add-on NoScript for Firefox to prevent click-jacking. The AdBlock Plus extension will allow you to surf virtually ad-free.
Tut I wrote on removing virus’s,spyware and trojans.
http://ares-forum.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=25
Buy a security suite cd.
http://download.cnet.com/windows/security-software/most-popular/3101-2023_4-0.html?tag=mncol