Archive for July, 2005

Table of contents. Introduction Installing Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta Starting Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta for the first time Using Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta Using Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta real-time protection Conclusion Introduction Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta is an advanced spyware remover published by leading software company. Although this product still is in development, it already provides really effective protection from most spyware and malware threats. More...

Every program is a set of certain files. To start the program you run an executable file that loads the entire program or some of its components. When you launch an executable, part of its code is being loaded into computer memory. More...

Table of contents. Introduction Installing Ad-Aware SE Starting Ad-Aware SE for the first time Using Ad-Aware SE Ad-Aware SE real-time protection module and add-ons Conclusion Introduction Ad-Aware SE is one of the most popular and effective spyware removers. This anti-spyware program uses powerful scan engine with heuristics analysis, has simple and convenient interface, correctly detects spyware and easily removes it. More...

Table of contents. Introduction Installing Spybot - Search & Destroy Starting Spybot - Search & Destroy for the first time Using Spybot - Search & Destroy Using Spybot - Search & Destroy in the Advanced mode Conclusion IntroductionSpybot - Search & Destroy is a pioneer in spyware removal. This absolutely free product is a perfect tool to find and remove most parasites from the system. More...

Complex parasites often use dynamically linked library files (DLLs) that contain code responsible for implementing certain harmful functions and required by threats to work as intended. Many browser hijackers and browser plugins consist only from DLL files, which are registered in the system and sometimes can be injected into some safe essential system services, so that it can be practically impossible to remove them manually or eliminate using automatic spyware removers. The way out is to unregister such DLLs and then simply delete them like ordinary files. More...

Often spyware and other parasites change default system behavior in order to obstruct their manual removal or make it virtually impossible. Even if the user knows what files or registry entries must be removed, what processes should be terminated or what dynamic libraries need to be unregistered, he can be unable to manually remove the threat. The system may show various error messages, report that the user doesn't have necessary rights, etc. More...

On June 30, 2005 Wall Street Journal and New York Times separately reported that according to information received from reliable sources within Microsoft, the latter for more than two weeks has been in talks to buy the biggest advertising company Claria, formerly known as Gator. Claria develops a variety of adware programs such as GAIN Publishing, DashBar, Weatherscope, WebSecureAlert and others. Security experts say that Claria software is the second most prevalent adware install. More...

For many of us a web browser is the most necessary program. Every day we need it at work and at leisure to read news or find required information. Of course, nobody wants that the most used software would be the most vulnerable. More...

Obviously, there is no need to argue that Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system and Internet Explorer browser included in the OS distribution is the most popular program used to access the web. Some of us do not like this, but it's the fact that should be regarded. More and more people gets involved into numerous discussions about operating system and browser drawbacks. More...

Infamous spyware parasites that nowadays spread with an incredible rate actually didn't appear long time ago. Until 1999-2000 nobody knew anything about them. But only five years passed and now spyware is installed on more than 80% of world computers. More...