How to fix spyware/adware issue?

How to fix spyware/adware issue?

Hi Kevino,

Well I think you must first configure your safety settings on the web browser. The most common setting is blocking pop-ups. If there are exceptional sites that you really needed, add them accordingly. As you didn’t mention the web browser you are using, I cannot say how to do this step by step. Most of web browsers have this pop-up blocker configuration of the content settings. There are other options that you can use for safety which will provided by your browser.

For example Firefox has.

• Warn me when sites try to install add-ons

This will give you a warning message and request for an authorization, if any website tries to install something on your web browser. So you can check whether it is a virus or spyware or adware and then install.

• Block reported attack sites

Those sites try to install programs and steal private information without your authorization. Their intention is to distribute harmful software across the internet. Sometimes they can use your computer to attack others or it can damage your system. Google and stopbadware.org has maintained a list of those sites and Mozilla use this list to alert users when a particular site is being visited.

• Block reported web forgeries

When a malicious site impersonates a legitimate one to trick you and grabbing sensitive information such as account details, passwords. etc is a form of identity theft. As Attack sites, Mozilla uses those lists from list maintainers and alert users if been visiting those sites.

As you see, you must protect your browser from the Phishing and Malware stuff.

Every browser contains built-it Phishing & Malware Protection to help you safe navigating. Those features will warn when you visited a reported page as a Web Forgery (phishing) or as an Attack (malware). This works by checking the sites which you are visiting against a list of reported phishing/ malware sites. Those lists are automatically downloaded from the guaranteed list maintain services and updated every 30 minutes if the option enabled.

Also there is an option to enable/disable your cookies. Sometimes cookies are harmful, work as a spyware and sometimes they are useful like as use for session management. You have to identify these two scenarios and manage adding exceptions for giving permission to store cookies on your system.

Before moving into anti spyware packages, it is better to first configure your safety settings in the browser.