Is My Spyware Doctor Safe?

Running Antivirus programmes continuously in the background is a must for any computer connected to the net. As well, installation of Anti spyware tools to detect and clean thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spyware cookies, trackware, spybots, ActiveX threats and other malware from your PC. These measures provide immunization for your system against attacks on privacy while performing fast detection on Windows startup to alert you with a list of the potential identified threats.

The crucial key for the safe and successful operation of Spyware is to keep it updated, at the frequency of once a day if possible. Better still is to set your programme for auto update so that whenever you connect to the net, the Spyware checks itself without your intervention to see if any new updates are available since the last login. New Spyware is being written daily and which means more and more of them need to be blocked.

After updating comes scanning the system. By having an anti-spyware program that is always running in the background the moment you start your computer, the less chance there is of getting hit by spyware. However, since this uses up system resources, it could also slow down your system, especially if you have an older vcomputer.

An alternative is to schedule the Spyware program to scan your system and avoid interruptions of the program starting on it's own while you're in the middle of a task, especially when you are playing a game on the computer and you don't want anything extra running in the background that could slow you down. You can conveniently schedule the time of running when you're away from the computer having dinner or other times when you know you won't be using it.

After completely scanning the system, the software prompts you as to what are all the malicious codes or pieces of software that were detected and must be removed or deleted permanently or to be restored to their original values. Caution should be exercised not to delete or alter system files.

As no spyware program can guarantee 100% detection and removal on what it finds, it's sometimes advised to run two to three Spywares programs from different companies to ensure what is missed by one may be tracked and deleted by another.