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Guide to Detection and Removal Of Malware
Dan Sippy, Apr 29, 2007 1800 hrs ISTIs your PC acting strange? Maybe it's sick. Here's a prescription that should make it feel better!
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Symptoms
There are several symptoms of Spyware and Adware taking over your PC, and how dangerous these are depends on its level.
Certain spyware could just be slowing your system down whereas some of them download Trojans and Viruses to your system to further infect it. Any message telling you that your system is infected with spyware when you haven't installed an anti-spyware is a form of Spyware on its own. This is one of the most dangerous types of Spyware as it disguises itself as an Anti-Spyware, telling you that you have spyware on your system and you need to install that Anti-Spyware to remove it. After installing itself it takes over different parts of your system, this you'll notice only when you won't be able to open some system tools or your system restarts if you try to use them.
Now I know that some of you already have your security software installed on your PC and think that you're safe. But trust me, you re not. The best way to tackle these problems is by using certain software that the good geeks of the world have invented for us. Some of them are listed below:
Cleanup 4.52 - Deletes Temporary Files
CCleaner - Deletes Temporary Files and Unwanted Registry Files. Can also Uninstall Programs.
HijackThis - Detects security threats in the registry.
KillBox - Capable of deleting any file. Used when a certain file cannot be deleted (incase of some Malware).
Now some of these you may know of, whereas some you won't. I shall now explain what they can be used for.
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