Comments on: Stopping Spyware/Adware/Viruses before they start http://effortpc.com/archives/12 Hardware and software reviews. Computer maintenance tip and tricks. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:31:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Desiree http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-116 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:48:35 +0000 http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-116 Thank you for everything. You and your staff were very helpful. Thanks Again, Desiree Thank you for everything. You and your staff were very helpful.

Thanks Again,
Desiree

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]]> by: Administrator http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-5 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:27:05 +0000 http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-5 Excellent advice Angela. We would just like to re-iterate, this is for <strong>advanced users</strong> only. Excellent advice Angela. We would just like to re-iterate, this is for advanced users only.

]]> by: Angela http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-4 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:49:05 +0000 http://effortpc.com/archives/12#comment-4 If you are a bit more advanced, there is another step you can take. But only do this if you have some idea of what you are doing. You can run msconfig program, and uncheck any programs that are known to be adware/spyware, or resource hogs...and are also programs not actually needed for your computer to run. You can determine if a program is needed or not...and if it is adware/spyware/resource hog by looking it up at castlecops.com This is a manual procedure, and takes some time and knowledge to do correctly, but it is something that should be done somewhat regularly, in order to catch the ones your AV, spyware and adware removal programs miss. Also, if you do not have it, I recommend you try a little program I have called Mail Washer. You can download it for free - just Google for it. What Mail Washer does is it downloads only the subject and author of each email in your email box - and it warns which emails look like spam or possible viruses, and gives you an opportunity to delete them from your email box before you ever even actually download them. It also gives you an option to bounce spam back to spammers, so that it will appear your email address is no good. It also allows you to make Freinds and Blacklisted lists, to separate your emails, making it easier to determine at a glance friend from foe on your email. The advantage of Mail Washer is that there ARE some viruses/worms out there that do not even require you to open the email or attachment, in order to infect your machine. But, with Mail Washer...you can find and delete it from your email box before you ever even download it in the first place. Of course, the ideas I am recommending here are MANUAL - they require effort on your part, and are NOT automatic. But, together with the automatic devices you may already have, this is a good way to prevent anything from slipping between the cracks in your defenses. If you are a bit more advanced, there is another step you can take. But only do this if you have some idea of what you are doing.

You can run msconfig program, and uncheck any programs that are known to be adware/spyware, or resource hogs…and are also programs not actually needed for your computer to run.

You can determine if a program is needed or not…and if it is adware/spyware/resource hog by looking it up at castlecops.com

This is a manual procedure, and takes some time and knowledge to do correctly, but it is something that should be done somewhat regularly, in order to catch the ones your AV, spyware and adware removal programs miss.

Also, if you do not have it, I recommend you try a little program I have called Mail Washer. You can download it for free – just Google for it.
What Mail Washer does is it downloads only the subject and author of each email in your email box – and it warns which emails look like spam or possible viruses, and gives you an opportunity to delete them from your email box before you ever even actually download them.
It also gives you an option to bounce spam back to spammers, so that it will appear your email address is no good.
It also allows you to make Freinds and Blacklisted lists, to separate your emails, making it easier to determine at a glance friend from foe on your email.

The advantage of Mail Washer is that there ARE some viruses/worms out there that do not even require you to open the email or attachment, in order to infect your machine. But, with Mail Washer…you can find and delete it from your email box before you ever even download it in the first place.

Of course, the ideas I am recommending here are MANUAL - they require effort on your part, and are NOT automatic. But, together with the automatic devices you may already have, this is a good way to prevent anything from slipping between the cracks in your defenses.

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