The fight against spyware just got easier

Recently I was asked by one of our clients to help them with their PC problems. Apparently, they had become infected by some kind of spyware and just didn’t know what to do. Although it’s not something I do on a regular basis, they are a very good long-time client so I told them I would take a look at the PC and see what I could do for them.

I found that there were some things that should not be. I ran a full anti-virus scan, removed anything that I could not identify as being legitimate and by the time I was done, I felt like the machine was pretty clean. I knew I still needed to run an anti-spyware, but since I needed to actually download and install that, I didn’t want to connect to the internet until I felt at least somewhat safe. Now as much as I hate to admit this, I actually don’t use anti-spyware on a regular basis. I usually tell people they should, but I just never did it for myself so I needed to do some research.

What I finally came across was a product which I felt would do the job. This product is SuperAntiSpyware. I installed, scanned, and found that many of the items I was under the impression that I had manually removed correctly were actually still there. I was extremely impressed with the results, so much so, that I’ve since installed it on my father’s PC. So far I have yet to get a call saying that something happened to his home page or that his anti-virus is telling him he needs to buy it to remove all the threats on his PC. He is definitely my test subject. If I can keep him spyware, malware & virus free, then I have finally won the war!