This is a small guide to keep your pc secure, safe, faster:)
I will provide you FREE programs of the best protection tools out there.
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Tools:
Hijackthis:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn
Description: Hijackthis is one of the best ways to manuly remove any harmfull registrys and the files themselves. It is advised NOT to delete ANYTHING unless you read the Hijackthis tutorial!
Here is where the Hijackthis tutorial is located
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html
Also, merijn.org has other programs that will help aswell like cwshredder
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E Trust:
http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkID=909975
Description: This is THE best antivirus program around! you get a year trial and it will STOP ALL VIRUSES that try to harm your pc befor they do. If you go to a site with viruses it will detect them instantly when they try to open!
Also it keeps your proccess monitored and if a virus is detected from there
POP its deleted.
When a Virus is detected a dialog will pop up showing where the virus was being downloaded too and says if it has been deleted.
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Spybotsearch&desstroy: Can be located at
http://www.download.com (Make sure you update it after downloading)
Description: This gos great with Hijackthis... with Spybot you simply scan your pc and it searches for just the virus names such as casino toolbar etc.
All you'll need to do is clean them with the clean button:)
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GoogleToolbar:
http://toolbar.google.com
Description: Googletoolbar is a great toolbar that blocks most if not all popups.. wich helps incase those popups contain viruses:)
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few last things sometimes it is best to get a well known trusted browser with protection on it.
Stay away from all optimizer programs like "Internet optimizer" it's spyware.
And you should never go to any game sites like gamewinners i think it was.. most of them have viruses. Mostly stay away from all the casino game websites!
Anyway hope this helped and hope you take my advice on how great these programs are:)