| Viruses are easy to detect and remove, but the case | | | | firewall. Pick a firewall below: |
| is not the same with Spywares and Adwares. These | | | | (i)ZoneAlarm Pro ( trial download ) |
| malwares keep on running in background and most | | | | (ii)ZoneAlarm FREE ( free ) |
| probably you won't see anything strange going in your | | | | You can try any of the two firewalls above, or if you |
| computer besides a decrease in you computer's | | | | have Windows Firewall available and don't think you |
| performance when lots of malwares infect your PC | | | | need any high level security then simply enable |
| and keep on running in background or a single | | | | windows firewall from your windows's control panel |
| spyware/adware using up large amounts of your | | | | and avoid installing any other firewall. |
| system resources. Installing security packages like | | | | 3)Anti Ad/Spywares: |
| Norton Internet Security are not enough to protect you | | | | With all the increasing amounts of adwares & |
| against these threats, thou they are effective against | | | | spywares in web sites, a simple detect and remove |
| computer viruses and hacking attacks, but not provide | | | | anti-spyware/adware system is not enough. Adwares |
| enough resistance for other kinds of malwares and | | | | and Spywares can easily bypass search security |
| besides that use up most of your system resources. | | | | systems and keep running in background. To be |
| So just installing a single security package is not | | | | secured from them, you need to use programs which |
| enough, you need to properly setup security softwares | | | | will continuously track any background activities in your |
| on your PC. | | | | system and alert you whenever a suspicious activity is |
| 1)Antivirus: | | | | taking place. You can use any one of the following |
| Unlike spywares or adwares, viruses can't access our | | | | programs for that: |
| PC directly through a website. Instead they need to be | | | | (i)Spyware Terminator ( free ) |
| kept in a file and executed through there. So handling | | | | (ii)Winpatrol ( free ) |
| viruseses is the easiest of all the other types of | | | | From the two softwares above, Spyware Terminator |
| malwares. First thing you need to do is to select an | | | | is highly recommended. After you've installed any one |
| antivirus below: | | | | of the two softwares above, it will alert you as soon |
| (i) NOD32 ( trial ) | | | | as a suspicious background activity takes place, never |
| (ii) AVG Free Edition ( free ) | | | | choose an option without properly reading the popup |
| NOD32 is better of the two, but AVG is very close to | | | | alert and hit decline if you see an unexpected action. |
| it. If you think you want to spend some money on your | | | | These prompts may appear especially when you are |
| antivirus then go for NOD32 because it has the higher | | | | installing a new softwares, declining those action will |
| detection rate than any other antivirus for viruses | | | | result in an aborted setup so be careful while making |
| which are not discovered yet or not added to their | | | | your selection. If you get a prompt about which you |
| virus definitions, otherwise AVG Free Edition is highly | | | | are not sure whether its a malware or a program |
| recommended. Both are great antiviruses and selecting | | | | supposed to run, simply choose Decline as that won't |
| any one of them will provide enough protection from | | | | affect anything but allowing a malware to run will. You |
| any kind of viruses. | | | | can periodically scan your PC with softwares such as |
| NOTE: Whatever is your choice, make sure you keep | | | | Adware SE to check for any additional adwares or |
| your antivirus definitions updated, turn on auto updates | | | | spywares. |
| in the antivirus's control panel. | | | | NOTE: Spyware Terminator besides monitoring your |
| 2)Firewalls: | | | | PC's background activities also acts as a detect and |
| Computer hackers may try to gain access to your | | | | remove system so make sure you keep its definitions |
| computer, this can be prevented by installing a firewall | | | | up to date. Theres an auto-update system available, |
| in your system. Users may need to setup their | | | | make sure its always enabled. Also keep your |
| firewalls if their firewall is inteferring with their | | | | Adware SE definitions up to date, you can either |
| connection or any other program, so if you think you | | | | update it from the build-in feature or simply download |
| can't go through all that then simply use Windows | | | | the definitions file from here and place it in your |
| Firewall which is at the moment only available for | | | | Adware SE root ( main ) directory, the same where its |
| Windows XP, service pack 2. If you don't have that | | | | executable is placed. |
| operating system then you need to install a third party | | | | |