Thread: Get rid of spyware woes

IN THIS DAY and age where our lives are increasingly dependent on the Internet, the importance of protecting yourself from the nasties on the Web can't be stressed enough, Antivirus suites are indispensable, and so are antispyware tools, It is necessary to routinely weed out malicious content that creeps into your computer from time to time, things that keep a secret eye on your computer activity in the most unobtrusive manner, One tool that has helped immensely in my relentless fight against spyware is Sun-belt Software's CounterSpy antispyware,


I have often encountered opinions which argue against the use of antimalware tools that are below average in terms of securing your computer and a resource hog, thereby adversely affecting system performance, But I've found that CounterSpy is clean on both counts, It is a powerful spyware scanner which is not only easy to use, but provides features that let you schedule automatic scans of your PC, quarantine and get rid of uncovered infections, and real-time protection to deny entry of spyware into your PC, And it doesn't take over your computer while performing a scan or running in the background,



Once installed, a configu'ration wizard guides you through the process of configuring CounterSpy to your taste, You can select a proxy, allocate system scan schedule, configure when to update definitions, and so on, By default, CounterSpy requires Windows Defender to be switched off tor proper functioning, What I like about this antispyware tool is it does a little extra on top of its bread-and-butter job of scanning your system for spyware and removing it. I compared it with a few other programs and conclude that it does a better job of finding hidden spyware (which escape others) and deleting them, Its real-time filter provides additional security cover against the threat of spywares, I also liked its PC Explorer feature, which lets you have an indepth look into your PC's running processes, start-up programs, browser ActiveX controls, etc, to further isolate and destroy potential spyware apps,

However, this article is too short to describe all the features of CounterSpy, The version included in this month's DVD is a 15-day trial. I am sure when you give it a try, you will want to buy the full version,