Monday, 17 November 2008

Do you have spyware?

Do you have spy ware? Maybe your home page has changed new links you did not want,trying to get to a certain web page and it taking you somewhere else you didn't want to go to.
One good way to see if you possibly do is to check your CPU (Central Processing Unit) How you do this is-
Right click your Task bar and click on Task Manager if your CPU Usage which can be seen at the bottom of this window, is quite high i.e between 80% and 100% and you have no scans or other programs running, you may possibly have some form of spy ware on your machine. I use Spybot Search and Destroy it's free from Download.com here is the link.
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10861988
Do a full system scan.
Also in the Task Manager window you will see all your programs that are running, if like me you close a program but it refuses to shut down, you can highlight it here and click End Task at the bottom of the window this usually does the trick for those stubborn programs that just wont go away.

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