Thursday, July 30, 2009

How to Prevent Adware

By Leonard Watson

Here are some ways to prevent adware or spyware from being installed on your computer. You can also detect and remove programs if they are already installed on your computer a swell. If you follow these tips, it will help you from having the nuisance of adware being installed on your computer.

If you follow these tips, you will be able to detect and remove adware programs from your computer. This will increase your computers speed as well as secure your website from predators. First off, you need to stop going to websites that promote spyware and adware. These "bad neighborhood" websites can be found all over the web. Have you gone to an adult website lately? Did a screen pop-up redirecting you to another website? This is a form of adware and an adult site is a bad neighborhood website. Other bad websites that are infested with spyware, malware and adware are warez, free software download and streaming movies websites. Since these websites are giving away free pirated software, they try and monetize their websites by placing advertisements and adware on their software downloads.

When you do get pop-ups, make sure to read each one carefully before closing it. Sometimes the pop-ups trick you into installing unwanted applications. Only install software that you agree to and have performed through research on. If you are going to download software and are unsure if it contains adware, try installing a program called Spychecker. Spychecker will determine whether the program you're about to install has adware in its application.

Run anti-virus and spyware checker programs frequently. A good way to run these programs is when you're sleeping. Set up an automatic run schedule during times when you're not using your computer. Good anti-virus software will check for spyware and Trojans automatically.

Lastly, make sure you have a good firewall. Most anti-virus software comes with a firewall application. Firewalls make it harder for adware to be installed on your computer and replicate. A firewall stops communication with programs that are not authorized by your computer. Follow these steps and you will be able to have a health computer and run programs worry and adware free.

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