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Drastic Measure To Get Rid of Bad Spyware Nightmare - It works !

It is very frustrating if your PC have bad virus / spyware infection. A number of people I came across have so many spyware until they can't even access the Internet without being harassed by these spyware. All they get were annoying pop ups and bogus anti-spyware messages asking them to download their software. Here are some tips when you use free internet security software.

One of the drastic action to get rid of spyware is as follows:

1) Turn off System Restoration Option at "My Computers" --> Properties --> System Restore.

2) Install Search & Destroy, LavaSoft Adware, Sunbelt Counterspy, Spywareblaster, CCleaner and the latest AVG Anti-Virus. Get the latest updates for all these software. (**Good news: These are all either free spyware removal software or you can get a trial version)

Picture of free spyware removal, Spyware Blaster

3) Go to add/remove program and delete all suspicious software - those that you cannot identify.

4) Stop all irrelevant services at "My Computer" --> Manager --> Services and Applications.

Spyware blocker, Lavasoft at work.

Lavasoft

5) Ensure the PC is off-line from Internet (e.g. shutdown the broadband router) and reboot the PC in safe mode.

6) Run all these security software and use CCleaner to remove all the files that are not important.

7) Reboot your PC in normal mode and test connecting to Internet.

This will take a long time as the PC had to run these security software. Don't be surprise if loads of cookies, spyware, some viruses are detected, cleaned or moved to temporary anti-virus folder for further action.

Another way that is sure to remove all threats: Hard format the PC hard disk, delete partition and reinstall the operating system. But this is the last resort and ensure you have a proper backup of your data !

If you also have spyware nightmares or have other ways to remove these threats, I am glad if you can share them too.

To share your spyware nightmare or removal experience, please logon to http://donothackme.blogspot.com/2008/01/effective-spyware-removal-action.html

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Thanks
Gabriel