Increase The Performance of Your Computer With Spyware Protection Software

There are a variety of reasons why a computer gets slowed down.  
One of the most common reasons for a computer slowing down is 
spyware, adware and malware. Getting spyware protection software
should be up at the top of your list.

The other reasons for slowing pc performance include 
viruses, improper maintenance, older configuration, 
software/OS consuming lot of memory, too many icons 
on the desktop, memory overload etc. 

Improper maintenance is a common reason for computer 
slowing down. Proper maintenance includes reducing 
the number of icons on your desktop. Keep the desktop 
icons to minimum. Many people are in the habit of 
storing data on the desktop. Keep most of your data 
in the drives other than the drive on which the 
operating system is installed. The most common 
drive for installation of operating system is C: drive. 
Hence you must store in the other drives that is D:, E:, F: 
etc. there are two benefits of doing this. Firstly your 
computer speed will increase, secondly if your computer 
ever crashes due to OS failure then it is easier to 
retrieve data from the other drives. 

Carry out defragmentation of disks regularly. 
Defragmentation increases the access speed as 
the memory is stored in an orderly fashion. For 
defragmentation go to My computer > C: drive or 
other drives> Properties > Tools > Defragmentation >  
Defragment now. Defragment all the drives one by one. 
Also frequently delete all *.chk or *.tmp files.  
Deleting file check files with an extension .chk 
increases the speed of your computer considerably.
 
Viral infections also slow down computers 
frequently. Buy anti virus software. There 
are many anti virus software available in the 
market. There are some downloadable free anti virus 
software programs available on the internet. One is Avast! 
antivirus software, which is available for free 
download.  However with freely available anti virus 
software, the usual shortcoming is that they do 
not provide real time protection.  After installing 
the anti virus software carry out a thorough scan. 
Anti virus software usually deletes any virus 
present in the computer. After this your 
computer may become a bit faster.

Spyware is one of the commonest reasons 
for slowing a computer. “Many of the student 
computers we see have become nearly unusable 
because of spyware their owners have 
downloaded unwittingly.”1 Spyware are 
malicious programs which get installed from 
the internet.  These programs keep communicating 
with third parties when on the internet and 
hence may slow down your computer. "For 
unsuspecting users, spyware has become the 
most 'popular' download on the Internet."2 

Spyware usually downloads other spyware and 
installs other programs.  To get rid of spyware 
there are some free programs available on the 
internet. Lavasoft’s Adaware is a one of them. 
However most of these free anti spyware software 
do not provide real time protection. For real 
time spyware protection you may need to buy a 
commercial version of anti spyware software.   
Getting rid of spyware will increase the speed of 
your computer to a great extent. 
 

References:
1.“Spyware poses a significant threat 
on the net” 03 Feb 06, ScienceDaily. 
2. “Cybersecurity Awareness: Beware of 
spyware” 30 Oct 06, Udaily 
(University of Delaware).