Constant Spyware checking These days you can't truly live without some type of
spyware blockers on your PC. I know this from first hand experience having 'lost' my last computer to a particularly malicious piece of spyware hack. It was so bad that I couldn't boot my pc any longer and nothing could recover it I ended up having to purchase a new one. But this time I ensured I had a spyware blocker running the whole time.
You might be thinking how I was so positive that it was spyware rather than a simple virus.. I strangely started to get warnings telling me there was spyware on my computer.. All the warnings instructed me to click on a link to get rid of the spyware.. I did not click on the link but that did not save me. Trying to cancel out of the messages was no use, they would just reappear.
The crazy thing was that I did have a spyware blocker on my computer, but it wasn't running.. My computer was too old and would basically freeze up if I had it running the whole time. So, I just turned it on every week or so.
When I got hit by the spyware I turned it on and ran the scan. It found the culprit and tried to remove it. It looked like it succeeded but told me to restart my computer to completely get rid of it.
That was when my troubles started. My PC wouldn't shut down, so in the end I powered it off. Big mistake, on rebooting my boot file and everything was corrupt.
Now, I have a new speedy computer with spyware doctor running all the time. It now and then pops up to tell me to block a site and runs recurring scans. So far it has kept my PC spotless and secure.