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Have you
ever just wanted to have fun on your PC and not be sweating another
heavyweight round battling those scary spy wares, viruses, Trojans
that could steal your information and slow down your PC? How about
those annoying advertising pop ups that wouldn't stop popping, and
those browser hackers that just makes you want to scream every time
they change your settings?
Hi, I'm the PC Doctor and I'm back! Today I'm
going to share with you my PC First Aid list of some of the best
companies and individuals who truly provide free products to help us
have a better PC experience.
 SpyBot
- Spy Ware Search and Destroy. Download it for free, install and
run it twice! Always check for new updates before running it to get
the latest spyware detection files. I have downloaded new detection
files nearly 99% of the time that I have launched SpyBot (and that's
every new day that I use my PC). Spybot is simple to use but if you
want a tutorial, they have one on the website.
AD-AWARE
by Lavasoft - What Spybot doesn't get AdAware will. Download
it for free, and install. You need to run this program daily too, if
you used the internet. Same as Spybot, always check for new updates
before running it to get the latest detection files. The Personal
Edition is Free and works great!
AVG
- Anti Virus by Grisoft. AVG provides comprehensive antivirus
protection for personal computers. The unique combination of detection
methods (heuristic analysis, generic detection, scanning and integrity
checking) ensures that your computer receives the maximum protection
possible on multiple levels (Resident Shield, Email Scanner plugins,
Personal Email Scanner, On-Demand and other tests, etc.).3
Windows
XP users have Internet
Explorer Popup Manager. This Pop-up Manager is turned off by
default. When the pop-up functionality is enabled, automatic and
background pop-up windows are blocked in the Internet Zone, but
windows that are opened by a user link click will still open in the
usual manner (although this too is configurable)
PopUp
Manager- Browse the web as you normally would. Works with IE
5 & 6 on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP. FREE for personal use.
Browser
Hacker Buster** - Spyware and Adware is software made by
publishers that allow them to snoop on your browsing activity, invade
your privacy, and flood you with those horrible popups. If you are
like most users on the internet, chances are you are probably infected
with these applications. (**No recommendations at this time)
Windows
Latest Security updates. Check weekly but whatever you do don't
schedule this process to kick-in automatic. Remove it from the
scheduler. Check weekly, no kidding the security fixes Microsoft makes
available are free and add to your defense plan against PC
attacks.
Description for disabling restore function for Windows
XP
Files placed in the _System volume information folder are
source files for the system restore function that is available in
Windows XP operating system. Files that were healed were moved in
their original INFECTED state into this folder and it is necessary to
DELETE them by following these steps:
- Close all open programs. Then right-click My Computer on the
Windows desktop
- Click on Properties
- Click on the System Restore tab
- Check Turn off System Restore on all drives
- Restart the system
- Go through the first four steps again and uncheck the item
mentioned in step 4.
Send me your success stories or comments. I would
love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Hector Salas
"Knowledge Is
Power."
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