How to select the best adware removal tool?

First, keep in mind that computer technology is not rocket science, it’s easy and if you have no idea about what adware is, please read my article “What is adware?”, it will give you enough information to handle them.

Adware is created by software developer solely to advertise something, but you may also find another type of malware, which is spyware that can scan and spy your computing activities and steal important data from your hard disk. If you use computer a lot, especially using internet, you need save your data like saving into secure box. Internet is hostile place where bad and good guy collide in one place. Cracker may empty your bank account in one night, if there is spyware installed in your computer. There is no secure place, including internet, and you need to enhance your internet habit to be more saver.

User will always love to utilize good and easy to use software, but most of user doesn’t have same willing to pay the development cost. Software is not a magic, software developer need to code by hand. That’s why good software will always expensive because it will need more labor time and expertise to make it. But seem most users don’t care about it and always want good but cheap or free software.

As a normal human, developer will do their best to cover the development cost and then found that by advertising something in their software might help to cover the cost. So, advertiser and developer meet and make adware. That’s the beginning of adware story. In other hand, this is an open source era, where people can have excellent software for free. Thanks to people who have open source idea, because we can also have good adware remover or cleaner tools for free too. All what you need now is selecting the best one for your system.

Here are some points that you can use to select best adware remover, i.e.:

a. Easy to Use.

Micros**t as the giant software developer introduce biased marketing term for their product that is user friendly. The term user friendly will give you no insurance at all that you can use the software easily. Adware removal tool supposed to be simple software, so (in most cases) you won’t face with difficulties when use it. When you feel the software is this, means that the software is easy to use.

b. Updates.

Adware will always developed by insane developer and the new version will always be released every day. Make sure that your adware removal tool can handle any new released adware. Some good adware removal tool may release their updates daily; make sure you always update your adware database.

c. Software Developer.

Who develop your adware removal tool is the most important aspect. Well known good reputation software developer will always produce good software. It’s rare case where good software developers loose their skills abruptly.

d. Support.

Good software companies will always support their products and customers. They always release bug fixings to their product and answer questions submitted by their customers. If you need verbal support, make sure that you can find their phone number in their website.

e. Firewall.

For total protection to your system, consider to install 3rd party firewall system if your OS built in firewall system is not good. Windows firewall is the worst, better to find something else to replace it.


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Defend your self from adware

The best way to fight the adware is by preventing it to be installed in our PC. Keep in mind that most of adware are installed with a popup warning before, so share some more attention to your PC will increase its healthiness. You don’t need to be a PC expert to maintain your PC, but definitely more attention will do. Here are some points that you might consider to prevent any adware get installed:

  1. Pay more attention to any popup / warning message.
  2. Install Firewall to increase Windows security performance.
  3. Use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer (IE).
  4. Update all software installed including windows.
  5. Never install any software offered.
  6. Never browse to a site that marked as bad or harm site.
  7. Enable popup blocker, it’s created for a purpose.
  8. Learn from experts.


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What is adwares?

Adware is another malware program with special purpose to advertise something. It taken from English words: advertising and software. It may also known as advertising supported software. Most of adware are small program that automatically installed when you browse to a website or plugging a removable device such USB flash disk. It also may download, display and play any advertising material taken from master computer without any notification. In a sophisticated form, adware may do their action while another part of the program is still used by the user. They can switch their self into foreground or background mode.

Not that all, some programmer also equipped their adware with spying module which can steal personalized and important data from our computer. This kind of adware also known as spyware (spying software). Like adware, spyware also need a master computer to send data to. They will always communicate with the master computer via internet, that’s why adware and spyware will always need internet to connect their master computer. Be careful with these two malware, they can ruin your computer (at least make it so slow) and steal your very important data such as passwords, credit cards pin and any sensitive data in your computer. Be ware.


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