When you get infected with spyware, often times you need more than one program to help get rid of the infection.  We told you about Malwarebytes in an earlier post. Malwarebtes is on of our favorite program and does a great job of cleaning malware, but on badly infected machines we need to bring in Super Antispyware.

Super Antispyware is great for removing items that the other programs leave behind.  Super Antispyware has a free version and a pro version. The free version runs on demand and the pro one runs in the background.  Super Antispyware also has a free online scan that will tell you if you are infected or not.

We recommend that you download and install this program and run it as a part of your weekly scan.

Links:
Online Scan
SuperAntispyware.com

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Is your computer running slower than it used to?

Here is your guide to speeding up your computer, for free!

Follow the steps below and your computer will be running quicker than it has in a long time.

CCleaner
Ccleaner does a great job of finding and removing garbage files from your computer. You can get Ccleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/. Download and run Ccleaner to free up some space on your hard drive it will cut down your antimalware scan times by alot.

Antispyware:
In an earlier post we talk about our favorite antispyware program. That, of course, is malwarebytes and you can find it at malwarebytes.org. Download this program, install it, and run it. If it finds anything tell it to remove them and that alone will help speed up your computer.

Antivirus
In another earlier post we talk about our favorite free antivirus program Microsoft Security Essentials. If you do not have an updated antivirus, then you should download and install this program. If you already have an antivirus run that to get rid of any potential virus threats.

Check Your Start Up Programs
Many times program start themselves up when your computer turns on and there is no real benefit to you, in fact it slows down your computer. Windows has a program built in called msconfig. The video below tells you how to use msconfig.

If you do all of these on a semi frequent basis you should be running pretty smooth.

Of course, should you have any problems that this wont fix feel free to Contact Us, we offer remote computer services for those who are not in the Metro Detroit area.

With a staggering 90% of computers having spyware on them at one time or another. It is important to have the right tools to detect and remove the malicious programs. While antivirus is a good start, you need an antispyware program to supplement your security suite. Our recomentdation is Malwarebytes Antimalware you can find it at http://www.malwarebytes.com