Saturday, July 5, 2014

How To Remove Spyware From Your Computer

By Rosella Campbell


While the only way to prevent spyware from invading your laptop or desktop computer is to prevent it from being downloaded, the method is not the best for most people. Learning how to remove spyware is important because it will help you to stay keep away from malicious coders who take advantage of the security loopholes to fulfill their own agendas from stealing information from your computer. The problem is that spywares not only interfere with your privacy but also affect how your computer system operates.

Go to your favorite search engine and use it to download anti-spyware software from the internet. There are many solutions already available and you can read reviews and download an appropriate one based on the reviews you read. Good examples of the solutions you may want to download include the Windows Defender and the Spybot Search.

Try to identify the most important files in your computer system even before you begin using the software you downloaded. The reason why you want o identify the most important data is that once you start using the software you may lose data by accident or by misdiagnose. Make sure the information you will need is safe by backing up in an external storage medium.

Your computer obviously has official files, personal data, work related information and important programs you will never want to lose. The best thing to do therefore would be to have an external hard disk for all your data so that once you store the most important data then you will have nothing to worry about at all. Make sure you go through each file and folder to get the important data before you can start using the anti-spyware solution.

Once you have backed up all the data, disconnect your computer from the internet. If you are on a LAN network, remove the cable from the slot and then restart your computer. Remember to start your computer in Safe Mode.

The next thing to do is to scan your computer using anti-spyware software. This software is useful because it will help you remove infected files and folders from your computer system. You can also uninstall the infected files or programs using uninstall utility program that come installed in the control panel section of your computer.

You should restart your laptop or desktop computer and see if this has solved the problem. In most cases, the anti-spyware should be just great enough to solve the problem and then one can continue using the computer system as normal without any further problems. There are cases when this does not work and in such instances, you may want to resort to a more advanced solution.

If the problem persists, you may have to format your hard drive and reinstall the operating system. This is a very hurtful approach so you want to make sure you try all the solutions possible before you can resort to formatting your computer system. If installing the operating system is the only solution, make sure you have software backup somewhere so that you have a smooth time in the process.




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