How to get Rid of malware, adware and spyware and Unwanted Software

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is malware?</span></h3> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malwares are the softwares used by the attackers for malicious activities such as to disrupt computer, computer networks, collecting private information. It is also known as badware as it is primarily designed to harm your computer. Malware can be in terms of anything like executable code, script or any file. It can enter to your system by downloading files from unauthorized sources, copying files from the sources which contains malware or by not having enough precautions. Sometimes these kind of malicious programs speeds down your laptop by utilizing more resources and showing unnecessary ads. For getting rid of malware, please refer guide mentioned below in the article.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malware is a broad term to represent malicious software or computer virus. Adware and spyware are narrow terms and used by attackers to attack the computer system for different purposes.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is spyware?</span></h3> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A malware which spies on your computer is known as spyware. Attackers use spywares to collect data from your desktop without your knowledge such like credit card information or other data. They install keyloggers to infect spyware and collect such kind of information.  So when you download software from unauthorized sources, such kind of programs may be downloaded along with it and infect your laptop. So it is advisable to download files, softwares, games from authorized sources. For getting rid of spyware, please refer guide mentioned below in the article.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is Adware?</span></h3> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adware is a kind of malware which is used by marketing firms to popup ads when user is online but without user’s consent.  Sometime you may see unnecessary ads (more than normal) or unnecessary pop up ads then you can determine that your desktop is infected with adware. For getting rid of adware, please refer guide mentioned below in the article.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To destroy them or completely remove such malicious programs from your desktop, you should follow below steps which is complete removal guide for you. Also have antimalware, antispyware, antiadware tool installed in your PC so that it will notify you in case any malicious program, Trojan or virus tries to hijack your computer and keep your workstation protected.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to get rid of malware?</span></h3> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) Start your desktop in safe mode. To start in safe mode, you can press F8 key while your computer boots.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) Clean up your disc. You can search from windows and clean all your discs one by one to get rid of temporary files and malware.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IMKAMU6qThx0RADXhlgpzziLanrvwIDiD0czy4BCJB5tJw7Y8KHTDwuEAWbu3A0n3DQVjqQKhlXa55xQi6SraskY38kVU1T4uBhyphenhyphenUDE63rld8LVURDwJaQ_W8ZSUu1dT2rTffQTLwZMv/s1600/how-to-get-rid-of-malware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IMKAMU6qThx0RADXhlgpzziLanrvwIDiD0czy4BCJB5tJw7Y8KHTDwuEAWbu3A0n3DQVjqQKhlXa55xQi6SraskY38kVU1T4uBhyphenhyphenUDE63rld8LVURDwJaQ_W8ZSUu1dT2rTffQTLwZMv/s1600/how-to-get-rid-of-malware.png" width="251" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3) Download some good malware removers like malwarebytes, Kaspersky, bitdefender etc. and scan your pc.  Malwarebytes is 1 of the best malware remover available.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to get rid of adware</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) Prevent yourself from downloading anything using unauthorized sources. Download only from authorized sources. Do not simply press next, next and install. Check what additional program you are allowing to install because adwares are normally bundled up with other programs.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) Unisales, Trovi.com are some of the names of adwares. Try to find such installed programs and uninstall ones which are potential adwares. Always check recently installed programs by sorting it by “installed on” and find potential adwares to get rid of it.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObLnhGKqts79XdjPq6Bg_QlKWfcLKDMAZWnUCEagePtulG78lJjMcweCyxw58t2LxbFuqQql0VZYmXI02wr9gRnVtcpxdv8KZQCd709zWCLBksfWRlNauNWprTN18OrsoOsU7_-TFxnTB/s1600/uninstall-programs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObLnhGKqts79XdjPq6Bg_QlKWfcLKDMAZWnUCEagePtulG78lJjMcweCyxw58t2LxbFuqQql0VZYmXI02wr9gRnVtcpxdv8KZQCd709zWCLBksfWRlNauNWprTN18OrsoOsU7_-TFxnTB/s1600/uninstall-programs.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (3) Check such programs exist in your Google chrome, Mozilla firefox, Internet explorer extensions or not. If they do then remove it from there. Also Go to this directory “C:\Users\{your_user_name}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions” and remove the folders of suspected extensions.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNtYzOm7ib8jT7Gm8bZVe6EWdWL6-WI_Tu3rxR3vjgcP_HtTBlUWx647i-3aEKgagThDUMgY-2mJwrpb5OP04m19X-Y0ELTvi0cGZMu7LRtZlT_2BvSz76QtQcc3YUSiwOsRGqzwR4zdK/s1600/get-rid-of-adware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNtYzOm7ib8jT7Gm8bZVe6EWdWL6-WI_Tu3rxR3vjgcP_HtTBlUWx647i-3aEKgagThDUMgY-2mJwrpb5OP04m19X-Y0ELTvi0cGZMu7LRtZlT_2BvSz76QtQcc3YUSiwOsRGqzwR4zdK/s1600/get-rid-of-adware.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to get rid of spyware?</span></h3> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) Go to control panel --> Search “Windows Defender” and scan your computer with it. You can remove potential spyware using this easily.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdqWXgZJczsWkOFuM_ciH7h2bWOjjqCBhTUegzbOYaZDeu7LAPAWwdv3Krdv7P7m_RHo5ut7rte1r5bSQ229gmuJTwO8iW6mJqOUh-G_ANv52hw6ZmULGSKFacD4a1A8TBPgEpItRSwyy/s1600/getting-rid-of-spyware.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdqWXgZJczsWkOFuM_ciH7h2bWOjjqCBhTUegzbOYaZDeu7LAPAWwdv3Krdv7P7m_RHo5ut7rte1r5bSQ229gmuJTwO8iW6mJqOUh-G_ANv52hw6ZmULGSKFacD4a1A8TBPgEpItRSwyy/s1600/getting-rid-of-spyware.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Windows defender is a spyware tool comes within windows os. It notifies us if any spyware tries to install and infect our computer.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) Remove all installed programs which looks suspicious to you. Get rid of them if you know that it does not belong to you.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3) Try installing 3rd party anti spyware software in your laptop which will help you to remove any latest spywares infecting your computer. SuperAntiSpyware is 1 of the best spyware remover.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> </div>

How to get Rid of malware, adware and spyware and Unwanted Software

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How Antivirus Software Works?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to ever increasing threat from virus and other malicious programs, almost every computer today comes with a pre-installed antivirus software on it. In fact, an antivirus has become one of the most essential software package for every computer. <span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">Even though every one of us have an antivirus software installed on our computers, only a few really bother to understand how it actually works! Well, if you are one among those few who would really bother to understand</span><span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">how antivirus  works</span><span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">, then this article is for you.</span></span></div> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img height="200" src="http://www.techkhoji.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Top-Antivirus.jpg" width="320" /></span></div> <h2 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How Antivirus Works:</span></h2> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An antivirus software typically uses a variety of strategies in detecting and removing viruses, worms and other malware programs. The following are the two most widely employed identification methods:</span></span></div> <div> <h3 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></h3> <h3 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Signature-based dectection (Dictionary approach)</span></h3> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the most commonly employed method which involves searching for known patterns of virus within a given file. Every antivirus software will have a dictionary of sample malware codes called <em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">signatures </em>in its database. Whenever a file is examined, the antivirus refers to the dictionary of sample codes present within its database and compares the same with the current file. If the piece of code within the file matches with the one in its dictionary then it is flagged and proper action is taken immediately so as to stop the virus from further replicating. The antivirus may choose to repair the file, quarantine or delete it permanently based on its potential risk.</span></div> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As new viruses and malwares are created and released every day, this method of detection cannot defend against new malwares unless their samples are collected and signatures are released by the antivirus software company. Some companies may also encourage the users to upload new viruses or variants so that, the virus can be analyzed and the signature can be added to the dictionary.</span></span></div> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signature based detection can be very effective, but requires frequent updates of the virus signature dictionary. Hence, the users must update their antivirus software on a regular basis so as to defend against new threats that are released daily.</span></span></div> <h3 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Heuristic-based detection (Suspicious behaviour approach)</span></h3> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">Heuristic-based detection involves identifying </span><em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">suspicious behaviour </em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">from any given program which might indicate a potential risk. This approach is used by some of the sophisticated antivirus software to identify new malware and variants of known malware.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlike the signature based approach, here the antivirus doesn’t attempt to identify known viruses, but instead monitors the behavior of all programs.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, malicious behaviours like a program trying to write data to an executable program is flagged and the user is alerted about this action. This method of detection gives an additional level of security from unidentified threats.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">File emulation:</strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"> This is another type of </span><em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">heuristic-based approach </em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">where a given program is executed in a virtual environment and the actions performed by it are logged. Based on the actions logged, the antivirus software can determine if the program is malicious or not and carry out necessary actions in order to clean the infection.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most commercial antivirus software use a combination of both signature-based and heuristic-based approaches to combat malware.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <h3 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Issues of Concern:</span></h3> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Zero-day threats: </strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">A zero-day (zero-hour ) threat or attack is where a malware tries to exploit computer application vulnerabilities that are yet unidentified by the antivirus software companies. These attacks are used to cause damage to the computer even before they are identified. Since patches are not yet released for these kind of new threats, they can easily manage to bypass the antivirus software and carry out malicious actions. However, most of the threats are identified after a day or two of its release, but damage caused by them before identification is quite inevitable.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Daily Updates: </strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">Since new viruses and threats are released every day, it is most essential to update the antivirus software so that the virus definitions are kept up-to-date. Most software will have an auto-update feature so that, the virus definitions are updated whenever the computer is connected to the Internet.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Effectiveness: </strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">Even though an antivirus software can catch almost every malware, it is still not 100% foolproof against all kinds of threats. As explained earlier, a zero-day threat can easily bypass the protective shield of the antivirus software. Also virus authors have tried to stay a step ahead by writing “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligomorphic_code" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0060a6; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Oligomorphic code">oligomorphic</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">“, “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphic_code" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0060a6; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Polymorphic code">polymorphic</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">” and, more recently, “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_code" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0060a6; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Metamorphic code">metamorphic</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">” virus codes, which will encrypt parts of themselves or otherwise modify themselves as a method of disguise, so as to not match virus signatures in the dictionary.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus user awareness is as important as antivirus software; users must be trained to practice safe surfing habits such as downloading files only from trusted websites and not blindly executing a program that is unknown or obtained from an untrusted source. I hope this article has helped you understand the working of an antivirus software.</span></span></div> </div>

How Antivirus Software Works?

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Top Antivirus Killer Software for Windows 8

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windows 8 is considered as one of the special creations of Microsoft, as it carries a number of interesting features in it which the predecessors fail to carry. One of the important features includes the robust security system inbuilt in it in the form of Windows Defender, which gives better security to your computer while using the same. However, if you compare it with some of the modern and killer antivirus programs it seems to be lagging behind in many ways. Hence as per experts, it is always a safer and better option to install one of the effective antivirus software over your Windows 8 based system. Some of the killer antivirus software applications are as under for Windows 8 operating system, let’s check them out:</span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Antivirus for Windows 8" src="http://www.gohacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Antivirus-for-Windows-8.jpg" /></span></div> <h2 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></h2> <h2 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bitdefender Antivirus</span></h2> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">One of the best and popular antivirus software for the Windows 8 based computer is </span><a href="http://www.iwebguard.com/antivirus-review/bitdefender-antivirus-review/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0060a6; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Bitdefender antivirus</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">. Some of the important features include finding out and deleting the viruses creating spaces. Also, it is smart enough to catch different malware programs, which is also the reason why it is a popular option for the Windows 8 based users. This antivirus program also helps in shielding against identity theft or even financial information theft; thanks to its important feature called the Safepay function. Considering a number of features and important pros in it, Bitdefender antivirus has been awarded as the editor’s choice in 2012 from PC Magazine.</span></span></div> <div> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h4> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pros:</span></h4> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">As far as the pros are concerned there are many noticeable sides of Bitdefender antivirus. It has high scores in PC magazine’s antivirus tests along with having a nice score too at several independent lab tests. It is good in phishing protection; it also prevents infection transmission to several private data and keeps a check over ID theft. The feature called </span><em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">New Wallet</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"> simply manages passwords and private data. The Safepay function in this software protects all your financial transactions, which means you can enjoy a safe and secured kind of online shopping. In case if you visit any suspicious website, it is the first to warn you. Also, this antivirus has a feature called </span><em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">secure gamer mode</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">, 24×7 support and the free of cost credit monitoring service option which play their part in securing your Windows 8 based machines. Lastly, even your social media profiles are secured as it keeps a check over the different vulnerabilities.</span></span></div> <div> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h4> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cons:</span></h4> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;">Despite the number of pros, Bitdefender antivirus has few cons as well. At times, you may find some issues while installing the same over the malware infested computers. Also, the </span><em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Wallet Password Management</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"> at times cannot fill the web forms. Lastly, once you install it over the Windows 8 based systems it reduces your PC speed owing to the robust scanning steps carried by it.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h2 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kaspersky Antivirus</span></h2> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iwebguard.com/antivirus-review/kaspersky-antivirus-review/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0060a6; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Kaspersky antivirus</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"> software is considered as the backbone of any computer security system and hence is also counted for the Windows 8 based security system. It works behind the scene to deliver some of the most reliable and quickest virus and spyware protection solutions. It is also known to offer the Windows 8 users better malware protection thus securing all your personal and classified info in various ways. Kaspersky antivirus also scans different sites, files, emails, discs, external drives, the apps and chat content to flush out the malicious stuff from these places. You also come across the cloud based and software based protection element, which allow you to offer a robust kind of security regardless of the fact that your system is hooked to the Internet or not. Another appreciating feature is the smart updates, which does a lot of things by consuming less than 1% of your computer resources. Also, you have the option of customizing the several notifications along with configuring the same.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pros:</span></h4> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as the pros are concerned, it is tested to achieve some of the best results in security software tests. This product comprises of three different licenses and last it easily helps in creating a bootable recovery disk. If you look at its interface, it is designed in one of the most user friendly way along with being very much simple and hassle free to install over your Window 8 computer. The feature called <em style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kaspersky Security Network</em> simply helps in identifying the new threats you encounter in your Windows 8 based systems. You can find quick scan times along with finding good value in it. Lastly it also helps in getting protection against a number of exploits for several insecure settings.</span></div> <h4 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cons:</span></h4> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apart from the pros, it also has few cons to mention. First of all it happens to be very much costly (40 dollars) and secondly it does not contain any firewall. Also, if you are carrying out some special or multiple kinds of scans, then the entire process becomes slow and time consuming job.</span></div> <h3 style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Final Word</span></h3> <div style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a short span of time, Windows 8 has achieved a good amount of popularity among the users. This is because it has a wide range of features, which the earlier versions failed to have. However, to continue using this OS with ease and comfort you need to secure it with reliable antivirus software. The above are two best and killer kind of antivirus software for Windows 8 based PC users.</span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Top Antivirus Killer Software for Windows 8

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