Have you ever wondered why your computer was never running as smoothly as it did when you first bought it? Of course over time computer performance does degenerate but there are ways to fix it.
Spyware are little porgrams that run in the background that not only take up your memory and ram but send your private information to their web sites which in turn use your information to spam you. They also can change your home page and place adds everywere. They also include all those annoying search bars you get in internet explorer that you cannot get rid of.
There are many programs which can be used to delete spyware. A few recommendations are:
Ad - Aware
http://www.download.com/Ad-aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1
spy bot search and destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ this also has a bho that helps detect spyware. BHO exmplained later
Bazooka note for proffesionals only, require manual deletion of spyware detects spyware in seconds, might not seem reliable but works very well for me
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adwa...ml?tag=lst-0-1
Hijack this This porgram lists everyway ne thing could alter you system but be VERY careful as some things it finds are good. For pro users only.
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3...ml?tag=lst-0-6
cwshredder Cool web search is probably the worst of all spyware. This program deletes most traces of CWS but the porgrammer gave up trying to update cwshredder because CWS was too complex and he didnt have enough time.
http://www.download.com/CWShredder/3...ml?tag=lst-0-2
These programs are all free and ensure that no spyware will ever again harm ur pc. Also use a good virus scanner and defrag as often as possible.
BHO (browser helper objects) are things your browser loads up each time it starts like for example my internet explorer loads an abode acrobat reader BHO to help me view acrobat files online. However spyware sometimes load their BHO into your browser which send info about ur browsing habits to theirs servers.
BHOdemon helps you view all your BHO's
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3550.html
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