Computer Tips – Stress free computer solutions

1. How to Control Spyware on Your Computer or “How to Take Back Control of Your Computer” Computer Tips – Stress free computer solutions

2. Introducing: Spy-bot 1.6.2 • Computer running slow? • Webpages taking forever to load? • Odd windows opening without your involvement? • Is your hard drive light blinking and showing activity when you aren’t doing anything? Let me show you how to resume control of your computer in a few easy steps:

3. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part I • In your browser address bar, type: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ • In the first entry in the Download portion of the page you will see “Spy-bot – Search & Destroy 1.6.2” • To the right of this you will see a box with the word “Download” under it. • Click on the box and download the program to your computer. • Install the program to your computer.

4. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part II • After installing Spy-Bot 1.6.2 on your computer, run the program. • Once the program opens you will see the following screenshot:

5. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part III • To begin, click on the “Search for Updates” button. • Download and install all new updates • Next, click on the “Immunize” button. • You will notice a counter on the right that will count how many instances the program has found that need immunizing. • Click on the “Immunize” button again to begin the process. • Once the counter reaches 0 you are finished this part of the process.

6. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part IV • Now to the meat of regaining control of your computer: • Click on the “Check for problems” button. • The program might prompt you to remove temporary files in use, if so, say yes. • The program will then begin the process of evaluating your computer for any and all background processes running on your computer that are contributing to the slowing down of your computer.

7. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part V • Every computer will require a different amount of time to run the program dependent upon how many processes are running and how many files the computer has on it. Don’t be alarmed at this! Just let the program do it’s thing, you’ll see significant results justifying the time involved.

8. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part VI • Once the program is finished, you will see the following screenshot:

9. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Part VII • If the program finds any problems, you will see them listed in the box marked “Problem.” • You will see that they are all check-marked already. • Click on the “Fix Problems” button located above the Problem window. • Allow the program to do it’s thing. • Once in a while, depending on how badly infected your computer might be, the program might prompt you to run it again upon restarting the computer. If this happens, say yes and follow all subsequent prompts to reboot your system.

10. Taking Back Control of Your Computer - Conclusion • Once the program has finished all processes involved in cleaning up your computer it is always a good practice to reboot your computer. • To allow Spy-Bot to continue to work for you, each Wednesday in the morning, any new updates are uploaded on the internet, available for you to rerun the program, update it, re-immunize it, and, if necessary, re-check your computer for any new and uninvited problems that may have taken up residency without your knowledge. • If you are vigilant, and allow Spy-Bot to perform it’s magic, you will be rewarded with a smoothly running, problem-free computer.