How to Detect and Scan for Adwares

What are Adwares?
Adwares, short for advertisement softwares, are software programs that are especially designed to display or prompt your computer to download advertising materials whenever you surf the Internet. Most adwares appear in the form of pop up web browsers once you visit some sites. Other times, these adwares appear when you leave the site or close the browsers.

The Problem of Adwares :
While adwares have been primarily created and developed as a marketing strategy of many websites in order to further entice you to purchase a particular service or product, there are some adwares that have been considered to work just like spywares in the sense that adware programs have the capability to browse your activities over the Internet, including which particular sites that you visit. Some adware programs are developed with a software program that is installed into your computer to further promote these particular advertisements whenever you surf the Internet without your consent or even realizing that this is happening. This, in turn, may cause many Internet users to become quite annoyed and frustrated with these pop up browsers just simply sprouting out every now and then.

Detecting and Scanning Adwares :
If you are one of those people who are bothered by the presence of adwares, here are some tips that you can do to prevent adwares to plague your Internet surfing.

Watch What You Click. Many adware programs get installed into your computer once you click a particular advertisement banner that appears in different websites. Hence, unless you are extremely interested in whatever advertisement is flashing on your screen, it is best not to do so.

Update Your Settings. Many anti-virus software programs now provide users the ability to block adwares and other types of malware from being installed in your computer by prompting you about this. Once you have installed your anti-virus software program, make sure that the option to block adwares and pop up browsers is enabled. The same holds true with your Internet browsers. By doing so, your browser or anti-virus software program would prompt you if there is an adware or pop up that is trying to open on your Internet browser. Selecting the “block adwares and pop ups” option would automatically block these adwares and pop up browsers, unless you allow them to open.

Get Adware Protection Software Programs. Apart from anti-virus software programs offering this option, there are also a number of programs that could be downloaded from the Internet that have been developed for the sole purpose of detecting and scanning adware programs found all over the Internet. Most of these adware detecting programs can be downloaded free of charge. However, it is highly recommended to download these from reliable websites as some computer virus programs have been camouflaged to appear as adware detecting programs.