Adware Removal Review

MicroAntivirus 2007

2007-01-27T15:43:00.000-08:00

Among antivirus solutions, MicroAntivirus has appeared as a great product, which can improve the security of your PC. It is now considered on of the world’s most trusted antivirus solution. It protects email, instant messages, and other files by automatically removing viruses. New built-in features also detect threats such as Spyware.

Here are some of the features of this award-winning product:

Stops Identity and credit card theft by blocking access to sensitive files, financial records and personal data.
Protect your PC against virus attacks, Trojans, Internet Worms and other forms of malware.
Scans and Removes Spyware, Adware, KeyLoggers, Browser Hijackers and Dialers on your PC.

Look at this comparison of MicroAntivirus with other solutions:

	MicroAntivirus	Other Antivirus
Scans, Removes Viruses	Yes	Yes
Email Protection	Yes	Yes
Automatic File Protection	Yes	Yes
Intrusion Detection	Yes	Yes
Hostile Activity Detection	Yes	Yes
Spyware Detection	Yes	No
Unlimited Free Updating	Yes	No
24/7 Customer Support	Yes	No
Firewall Software	Yes	No
Spyware Remover	Yes	No
Adware Remover	Yes	No
Popup Blocker	Yes	No
Special Offer (Save $30.00)	Yes	No

Protect your PC 24 hours a day with award-winning MicroAntiVirus.

Adware protection site

2006-07-12T09:07:00.000-07:00

Adware continues to be a great annoyance in the Windows computing world. Whenever we access information stored in web sites, there is a chance that an untrusted, malicious web master is trying to download adware code to our computers.

This situation has happened so frequently that is nowadays essential to use some kind of protection against unintended problems generated by adware and spyware.

A great product that tries to remedy some of these problems is Adware Remover, brought to you by the Adware Protection web site. Adware removal is a simple but powerful windows program that will check your system and try to remove all possible adware and spyware it will find.

The Adware Remover has a simple interface, which shows what files are being searched for adware. The most common areas of infection, such as the Windows directory, the browser cache, and the initialization folders, are all inspected and cleaned by Adware Remover.

In summary, the Adware Remover is simple to use, very reliable in all tests, and removes virtually 100% of the known adware and spyware, with more information being added daily to its database. It is simple to buy, and users receive free updates once it is installed. You should consider Adware Revemover very seriously, if you still don't have an effective protection against so common spyware and adware problems.

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Technorati Tags: Adware, Computers, Security

A review of free adware removal programs

2006-02-11T14:43:00.000-08:00

The number of adware and spyware has increased dramatically in the last months. Flaws in Windows XP and 2000 have left millions of computer users subject to virus and other malware coming from malicious web sites.

To avoid this kind of problem, you need to use some adware control software. But with so many options, how to find the spyware and adware tool that will be most effective for your system? I have review bellow some of the best spyware and adware software that I have seen in the Internet. Most of them have free evaluation versions, and are pretty cheap compared to the headache they are saving you. Although there are hundreds of products nowadays to do the cleaning necessary, I tried to add to this list only the most reliable and well maintained.

This will be first post of a series of reviews of adware and spyware removal programs. The first review is bellow:

noadware: Noadware is a software created by noadware.net, a company that has been for years developing some of the best adware removal tools. Their program noadware has all the features necessary to remove the most frequent parasites coming from the Internet. They have solve more than 35 million copies of this product by now. Among the tools made available for users are:

Adware, Spyware, Dialer, and Web Bug Scan - scans all messages and other information coming to your computer looking for things like spyware and scam messages that lead to identity theft.
PC Immunization: a systems that prevents adware from installing itself in the first place. It is the ideal method of combating these programs, without letting them taking a piece of your machine and your time.
Many levels of protection: with noadware you can determine the level of protection you want, so you are not blocked from doing normal operations in your computer.
Scheduling operations: all types of checks can be scheduled in advance, so you don't need to stop what you are doing to activate the checking mechanism. The process can be activated during the night or in another time when you are not using the computer.

Technorati Tags: Security, Software, Spyware, Tips

Security suite is in fact a spy

2006-01-21T13:06:00.000-08:00

Web secury analysts from infoworld discoverd that a security suite called ZoneAlarm is in fact a disguised spy. The program was found to call home with information collected from the client computer, without consent from the computer user. According to INFORWORLD:

ZoneAlarm Security Suite has been phoning home, even when told not to. Last fall, InfoWorld Senior Contributing Editor James Borck discovered ZA 6.0 was surreptitiously sending encrypted data back to four different servers, despite disabling all of the suite’s communications options. Zone Labs denied the flaw for nearly two months, then eventually chalked it up to a “bug” in the software -- even though instructions to contact the servers were set out in the program’s XML code.

Link via INFOWORLD

Technorati Tags: Security, Spyware

Intel Desktop Boards

2006-01-18T06:41:00.000-08:00

Intel has lauched new products to help PC users to keep their computers free of infections and other software parasites.

The Intel Desktop Boards is a collection of programs from the Intel company that can be used to solve problems with PC computers, such as monitor the system for problems, try to improve performance, and detect hardware errors. The list of programs is the following:
- Hardware Monitor Monitor your system vitals for potential problems
- Diskeeper Lite* Defragmentation For improved system performance
- NTI Backup Now* Back up files to CD and DVD
- StressTest* Check for common hardware errors
- Symantec* Security Check Check for viruses and Internet security vulnerabilities
- Avocent AdminWorks Remotely manage up to 200 networked PCs (45-day trial)

The programs are free or have a trial version. They are ideal if you want to keep your machine clean and safe.

Technorati tags: PC, security

Free adware remover programs

2006-01-02T21:56:00.000-08:00

Adware is a problem for every computer user. The use of the web makes it very easy for users anyone to visit malicious sites, that explore vunerabilities is normal software to spread unwanted programs. This has been the greatest problem for web users in the last years.

To remove adware, several software packages have been created. Most of them are commercial, but there are several of them that are free. I will provide a list of the best free adware programs that I have tested personaly.

* Noadware: the basic version can be used for free.
* Lavasoft is one of the best adware removal software packages. It comes with a free
* Xoftspy: specialized in the removal of spyware, can be used for free for limited time.
* Adalert: not only scans the computer against viruses, but it can also alert users of new attacks agains the machine. Can also be used for free for a limited time.

AdWareALERT - Removing Adwares and Spywares

2005-12-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

AdWareALERT is a new product that has the objective of solving most of the common headaches computers users have with adware. The well designed system by adwareALERT removes virtually all adware and spyware in the click of a mouse.

The method used by AdWareALERT is based on the following three steps:

1. "Adware Alert scans your computer for hidden parasites and removes them permanently."

2. "The system cleaner works to repair and correct errors caused by ad and spywares and tweaks your PC for optimal performance"

3. "Pop-up ads are blocked before they have a chance to bother you again."

The advanced adware removal system by AdWareALERT seems to be very reliable. In my personal tests, it detected all known types of adware and spyware. I really found the product very user friendly, which is another advantage of the package.

XoftSpy: New Anti-Spyware Technology

2005-12-05T16:16:00.000-08:00

XoftSpy, by Pareto Logic, is a new product targeted at the removal of spyware and adware. The product has been developed for the windows platform, for all common versions: windows 98, ME, 2000, and Windows XP.

The usability test performed shows that the program is very intuitive to use. The main interface shows the options of scanning the system, defining settings, defining backups of important files, and creating an ignore list.

The ignore list is very comprehensive: the user can define what programs or files are legitimate files, and should not be removed after the scan. This is a very useful feature, since many adware removal tools get confused with files that look like or have the same name of known spyware programs.

In general, XoftSpy provides a good balance of features and simplicity, and it can be downloaded for free for an initial scan of the system. We recommend this program as an effective tool against most type of spyware and adware.

Noadware: a tool for adware removal

2005-12-04T22:07:00.000-08:00

Noadware is another software created to solve the problems windows users face with the new scare of the Internet: adware, spyware, malware, and other plages. This is a simple program that, when downloaded and started, will scan all files and configurations of your windows machine in search of the undesired programs.

The different between adware and spyware is subtle, but important. While adware will keep showing ads of programs that you are not interested in, spyware will even go as further as storing and sending your personal data, such as credit card numbers and passwords, to web pirates. No adware is able to distinguish between these types of programs and remove then accordingly.

No adware has the additional hability of removing unwanted items that are added to your browser when visiting some web sites. For example, some malicious web sites are able to change the initial web page of your web browser, so that you always visit that page when you start the computer. Other web sites add cookies (hidden information) that tracks the steps of the users, which can be later used by web pirates. Another headache for web surfers are sites that add a toolbar to the browser without clear permission of the users. No adware removes all these problems, and provides a clean report of all activities performed.

I found in my personal experience that noadware is very efficient in removing all these programs. It has also a very convenient free download program, that allows users to test before buying.