Be sure to update the adware/spyware software regularly to keep a step
ahead of new or changed programs. I recommend running the removal pro-
gram at least once a week, and more often if your machine suddenly seems to
have slowed to a crawl.Choose a time when you expect to regularly be away from your machine and
set an automatic adware/spyware scan, an antivirus scan, and a defragmenta-
tion operation. On my machines, this all happens on Fridays at 5:30 P.M., a
time when I am usually willing to turn away from my computer and clean my
desk or file some paper or just kick back and think for a while. If the scans start
and you are not ready for them to run, you can always cancel or reschedule
the processes.Figure 18-4:
Ad-Aware
found 56
running
processes
and 1,897
process
modules
(including
15 new
objects that
somehow
made their
way onto
my machine
since the
last time
I ran the
utility).
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