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How to Scan Your PC for Spyware, Adware or Other Malware?

Introduction

Step 1. Start Scan

Step 2. Solve Problems

Step 3. Restore from Backup

Required Resources

Free AntiSpyware 7.1.2 or later
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Introduction

    Spyware can be a pain to most of you. It can change a web browser's home page or search page, add additional components to browser you don't want, make it difficult to change settings back to the way before and cause PC slow down or crash, etc. As a professional and powerful anti-spyware utility, Free AntiSpyware manages to fast scan your computer for spyware, adware or other malware and clear off them, protecting your privacy and saving you from unnecessary troubles.

Step 1. Start Scan

    Launch Free Anti-Spyware and click "Scan your computer" to start scan. Please wait until Free Anti-Spyware finishes the scan.

Scan Your Computer for Spyware/Adware/Malware


    Progress bar will indicate the percentage of work that is already done.

Display Progress Bar


Step 2. Solve Problems

    The results of scan will appear after the scanning is completed. Examine the list of found problems. By default, all found problems are checked. You can look through the whole list and view details of each detection by clicking on "Tell me more". If you think that the program detected is really useful for you (this might happen for example with some types of adware or spyware-enabled programs when you are aware of their privacy flaws but still want to use them), uncheck it. After you make sure all the unnecessary ones are checked, click "Solve checked problems" and let Free Anti-Spyware solve checked problems. You can also click "Export results to the text file", "Report possible false positive" or "My problem is not listed here. Please assist!". For more details, please go to What to Deal with Scan Results.

Solve Problems


Step 3. Restore from Backup

    If you think that Free Anti-Spyware has deleted some important files, you can easily restore them. Every time Free Anti-Spyware deletes a file or registry entry, it copies this file or entry into infected folder. To restore some deleted files, you can simply click on "Restore changes" and it will switch to "Restore changes" screen. There is a list of changes that Free Anti-Spyware has made to your system. Select necessary file or registry entry on that screen and click "Undo" and it will restore the selected item.

Restore from Backup

 

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What to Deal with Scan Results?

 

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