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2. Using McAfee: Features - AOL Help

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   This is located inside the Virus and Spyware Protection category. 3. Click on Scan Your PC. 4. Click on the type of scan that you want to perform. 5. The Scan Window will appear on your screen. 6. Wait for the scan to complete and review the results. Note: If you select the 'Run a custom scan' option the Custom Scan window will appear on your ...

3. AOL Spyware on-demand scan - AOL Help

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   Thank you for your interest in AOL Spyware On-Demand Scan. Unfortunately, we no longer offer this product. In accordance with this change, we’ve stopped providing updates to AOL Spyware Protection software. If you’d like to uninstall your current version of AOL Spyware Protection, follow our instructions on Uninstall AOL Spyware Protection 2.0.

4. Protecting your AOL Account

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   • Regularly scan your computer for spyware and viruses using anti-virus software. If you don’t have a one, we recommend McAfee Internet Security Suite – Special edition from AOL. • Update your Windows or Mac OS operating system to repair necessary programs, hardware and devices. Enabling automatic updates on your computer will do this ...

5. SpySheriff - Wikipedia

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   SpySheriff [a] (also known as BraveSentry 2.0, among other names) is a malware that disguises itself as anti-spyware software. It attempts to mislead the user with false security alerts, threatening them into buying the program. [4] Like other rogue antiviruses, after producing a list of false threats, it prompts the user to pay to remove them.

6. Malwarebytes (software) - Wikipedia

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   Malwarebytes is primarily a scanner that scans and removes malicious software, including rogue security software, adware, and spyware.Malwarebytes scans in batch mode, rather than scanning all files opened, reducing interference if another on-demand anti-malware software is also running on the computer.

7. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

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   These tools purported to clean computers from spyware, adware, and any other type of shady software located in that same gray area. This type of software can lead to false positives as some types of legitimate software came to be branded by some users as "Spyware" (i.e. Spybot: Search & Destroy identifies the Scan Spyware program as a Spybot.)