Helpextend» malware removal http://www.helpextend.com been there: done that: seen that: fixed that Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Got malware, or spyware? http://www.helpextend.com/got-malware-or-spyware/ http://www.helpextend.com/got-malware-or-spyware/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 15:22:37 +0000 Jason Mohan http://www.helpextend.com/?p=17 This has happened to all of us at some point, especially me. Malware and spyware just ruin the whole day sometimes trying to get problem fixed. Internet pop-ups, weird quirky things start to happen to your computer, or it just starts slowing down because of malware or spyware. Some of you may even call your IT friend who is good with computers. You don’t need to anymore. There are a few software utilities out there that will try to detect and remove malware, or spyware from your pc. They are free, some come with an upgraded version if you decide to pay. My three free favorites are Adware, Windows defender, and Spybot. Spybot is my favorite, it’s helped me a lot when I get malware or spyware on my pc. Download these utilities and see if your malware or spyware will just disappear. If so no more needing to call your IT friend. Saves you both time and money (if you were paying him/her in the first place).

1. Ad-ware – Not sure about the continuous protection on the free version, but it has a good tool to remove existing malware and spyware from your pc.

2. Windows Defender – Continuous protection, if you already have spyware, or malware on your pc it’s not the best tool to remove it though.

3. Spybot- Continuous protection, and it a very good tool to remove those stubborn malware or spyware crap of your pc.

]]> http://www.helpextend.com/got-malware-or-spyware/feed/ 1 Task manager on steroids? http://www.helpextend.com/task-manager-on-steroids/ http://www.helpextend.com/task-manager-on-steroids/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:11:18 +0000 Jason Mohan http://www.helpextend.com/?p=13 Too many times I my pc ends up with some type of malware. Trying to end the process is tricky, finding where the .exe is that’s popping up webpages in my browser makes it very annoying. Then I find the culprit in the process list. I had one malware that spawned off three more of the executables if you tried to delete it, it took almost three days. Then it happened again, and I used process explorer, made life so much simpler. I love the task manager in windows but this free software it like task manager on steroids. It’s free, from microsoft and shows you what’s running in your process the path of the process, and who or what called the process. Try it it’s called Process Explorer from Microsoft (formerly Sysinternals). I didn’t provide a screenshot here, because the Microsoft site has one.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

]]> http://www.helpextend.com/task-manager-on-steroids/feed/ 1