How Do You Get Rid Of Spyware Without Commercial Anti Virus Software?
• Check to see if the problem is adware or your own programs that are just lagging up your computer. Open the Task Manager [CTRL + ALT + DEL] and look at the processes tab. Find any processes that have an abnormally high Memory Usage. If you don’t recognize their names, you may have spyware, however, you should not try to disable them in the Task Manager. • Go to google.com and type in the names of suspicious looking executables. Pages like processlibrary.com or neuber.com are good at identifying malicious processes. [Note: some viruses disguise themselves as windows processes, it is well worth googling0 every process in task manager to find out which could be malicious] • When discovered which processes are malicious, go to My Computer and search your C:\ drive for the executable. Delete the executable and any associated files. If an error message saying it is in use, stop the process using task manager and try again. • When dealing with executables disguised as windows processes, sea
