Tag Archives: Spyware

SnowBird File Explorer

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Windows Explorer is the default file explorer in Windows and often does a pretty good job.  It lets you look over the entire file system, see files and details about the files, and for some types even gives you a preview of what's inside.  It is, however, not very fast, and can also have stability issues. SnowBird is a free, lightweight, portable program that will allow you to quickly browse the files on your system.  It doesn't have all the features of Windows Explorer, but it has all the basics and does them very quickly.  Even network drives and Internet drives are quickly explored with this program.  Also, since it's independant of Windows, unlike Explorer, if it crashes (which I have yet to see), it won't take down your desktop with it.  You can also run it from a flash drive so you can use it on machines where you may not have access to run Windows Explorer, or where a virus or spyware has prevented explorer from running. Overall, a VERY useful and fast little program. SnowBird

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Scan For and Remove Viruses From Your Comptuer Outside of Windows

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Viruses and Spyware can become a pain on many computers.  Many viruses are difficult to remove while actually inside of Windows using your normal Anti-Virus. In steps the Dr Web  LiveCD.  It's a linux BootCD that will boot and run an antivirus program off a CD without loading Windows. Simply download the CD Image from http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd Then use the burn image function of your CD burning software or (preferred method) by using IMGBurn Once the CD is created, simply boot your computer off the CD and click Start on the scanner. This is a VERY effective anti-virus and requires very little computer knowledge.

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Remove Old Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware Software

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Often whenan anti-virus program expires, or fails to stop an infection, you will need to remove it to install a newer version.  Many people at this time run into the problem of their old software being corrupt and not removing.  Some anti-virus vendors supply useful "removal tools" for their software, but are often very difficult to find and sometimes require calling the company and waiting on hold. If you REALLY need to remove an anti-virus or anti-Spyware software off your machine for whatever reason, it just got a little easier. AppRemover is an all-in-one  removal program that lets you easily remove old, corrupt,  or broken Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware programs.  It will also let you remove Symantec Anti-Virus from machines without having to dig and find what password you used during the install. AppRemover

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RunScanner

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RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility which scans your system for all running programs, autostart locations, drivers, services and hijack points. You can use Runscanner to detect changes and misconfigurations in your system caused by spyware, virusses or human errors.
Best part is, if you run it as beginner, you can save a log of everything, send it to a TRUSTED "expert", they can mark things to be removed or fixed, and send it back to you.  You just click the button to apply the fixes and it's done. smalltuu RunScanner RunScanner

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Free Online Virus/Spyware Scans

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Pretty much any anti-virus company now has a free online virus scanner, but some are better than others, and some will remove what they find while others will not. Housecall From TrendMicro is my personal favorite. It is very good at finding and removing most viruses and spyware and can also look for missing updates, open ports, etc.

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