Keeping Your Computer Clean

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KEEPING YOUR COMPUTER CLEAN PLUS WAYS TO REMOVE THE BAD THINGS

The most important way to keep your computer clean from the bad stuff is a good up-to-date anti-virus program.

The second way to keep your computer clean is to keep your third-party programs up-to-date.

In a 2014 study, 1,208 vulnerabilities were found in the 50 most popular programs, including Windows and Internet Explorer.

76% were from third-party programsMicrosoft programs3rd party programs MiMic

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And the third way to help keep your computer clean is to teach yourself NOT to click anywhere in a pop-up box.

WHAT TO DO TO POSSIBLY GET RID OF THE MALWARE AND SAVE YOU A TON OF MONEY

The first step should be to try and run a FULL scan with the anti-virus program installed on your computer.

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My first program choice in attempting removal of malware is::

Click the icon to run the program

Click to update the definitions databaseClick to scan

This is my second tool for cleaning malware

During the scan process

A third program to help you clean your computer is the Junkware Removal ToolThis program searches for and removes common adware, toolbars and PUPs from your computer.PUPs are Potentially Unwanted Programs

Running the scan is easy

The final report and actions that were taken.

The last one I am going to show you is a program called AdWare CleanerIt runs scans much like the ones I have already shown you

Run the Scan

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