Wednesday, April 6, 2011

How to Prevent Spyware?

Easy really, just sharing tips only, the following can you try and apply in your PC

  • Notice when you are browsing, do not go on sites that are "naughty", this site is usually the sites that provide hacking and crack sites, because with it they will get a free ride when you are one click away.
  • Especially for a freeware program or free, before use, see the information in the user review section, if there are complaints about the spyware in it. Since most spyware is on a freeware program.
  • Try not to use programs such as P2P sharing and for example Kazaa Download Accelerator, download plus and so forth.
  • Perform Windows updates regularly. Spyware long as it's targeting the windows as the main platform as a target. Evidently a lot of BHO - browser helper object that is made for running or attach to MSIE (Microsoft Internet Explorer). Although no guarantee that IE would be immune to spyware but at least reduce the security holes that could be used as an entry point for spyware.
  • When downloading a program on the Internet, if you can read the EULA (End-User License Agreement) because it is usually in the klausalnya deliberately made as complicated and as long as possible who may have clauses in it for the installation of spyware. There are programs that the EULA was 131 pages, who want to read? but it was deliberately made that way so that in case of lawsuits in the future they have proof.
  • Install anti-spyware, like Ad-aware. But sometimes the latest spyware is not detected, so must be frequently updated. If this does not satisfy, try the following tools, which continued with the first CWShredder HijackThis, download it HERE. In using HijackThis to consider before actually deleting anything is detected, to prevent Spyware not to return again, be diligent mengupadate anti-virus databases and anti-spyware from the OS you use. When you browse, then a pop-up window, or window that looks suspicious, so ... do not click on the windows are immediately closed but such windows.