What Happens After You Stop Adware

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• it is far better to make use of a personal firewall so as to identify ad ware processes over a period of several weeks, and then remove them. Some reliable personal firewalls like Zone Alarm are written specifically for allowing access to the Internet; by identifying and determining the type of program that is trying to access the Internet.
• What you should now do is configure the zone alarm to notify or intimate you, and get your permission, whenever any program is trying to access the Internet. Now, with the help of zone alarm you can therefore locate the processes that are trying to access the Internet, and identify them by looking them up on Go ogle or at Task List Processes.
• f you cannot identify a process, first kill it, then make a note of it, locate it on your hard drive and rename it. That way, you can always restore it, if you decide at a later date that you need it. Once you have made a decision that you do not need it, you can search your registry, and delete the keys that make a reference to it (please back up your registry first), and then remove it from your hard drive. As these are technical procedures, you may need to seek professional help, if you are not entirely comfortable doing it. It would be advisable to keep the personal firewall active for the next two weeks at least, to be able to “capture” any processes that could re-activate some more ad ware programs later.

Precautions to Prevent Ad ware From Downloading

• First ensure that your system cannot install programs automatically on the Internet, nor automatically launch them via email. To achieve this, follow the steps outlined in Securing Internet Explorer, and in the Email Help Center.
• Then ensure that your whole operating system is totally patched and protected against any known security vulnerabilities. You could visit the Windows Update site to install any patches that are marked “Critical.”
• Make sure a prompt appears on your screen anytime an application tries to install itself - especially now that you have taken all these steps to ensure that your system does not automatically download any ad ware. Do not click “OK” or “Yes” to anything unless you fully understand the program’s implications.
• If you have on the other hand, deliberately downloaded an application, ensure that you read and fully understand the End User License Agreement, before you install the same.

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