In the beginning our computer was nothing more than a glorified typewriter. This over priced piece of home or office equipment did not have too many things that could go wrong but there were not too many things that could be done with it. Today things are a little different. The home computer is the center stone of our work, our homes and our life. We use our computers for many of our daily task at home and at work. It is not very often that we do not get out of bed, grab our favorite drink and go right to our online accounts. Checking our email, our myspace or our bank accounts is a big part of many of our daily task. We look forward to the time we spend with and on our home computers. Playing games, paying our bills and many other great time saving programs make each of our lives better in so many ways.

One of the reasons we enjoy our computers so much, is the time we save and the quicker we can do something the better. This opens up time for our families, friends and other things we enjoy doing in our lives. The worst part of our online experience is the little things that make our computer slower or less user friendly. Little messages like "your computer is infected" or " windows has detected spyware infection". Spyware and adware have become a big part of our online experience and these problems are getting worse. Things like pop ups, worms and Trojans have taken something that we hold dear and created a army of darkness that infects our computers. There are programs that will help with these infections, but some of the companies have used these infections to create a way of making money. There are spyware and adware tools that are the cause and not the cure. These companies install the scripts on to our computer that can only be remove by their software.

There are many good virus protection programs on the market today and many spyware and adware tools that can help with these infections. Just to name a few of the best virus protection programs, I would have to list Norton Antivirus by Symantec and McAfee Antivirus. Both of these programs are at the top of their field and will protect your computer against many of the infections that are on the Internet today. These companies are both highly involved in testing and research to keep your computer secure. For a small yearly fee they are well worth the money spent. Keep in mind that both programs do protect from virus, adware and spyware. These programs can cause problems if both are installed on the same computer. I personal like Norton the best but have used both programs at home and work and will say that you really can't go wrong with either of the two.

There is nothing like booting up your computer and being welcomed by pop up after pop up. This can take a lot of the enjoyment out of your daily computer uses. Some of the better programs to take care of theses pop up, spyware and adware problems are very inexpensive and some may offer many of the user options for free with the choice to buy other options or make the software fully functional. Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware from Lavasoft are just a few of the better programs that let their users have a free version of the software. These programs can be installed on the same computer with out any problems accruing.

One small part of the Windows operating system that many people do not use is the system restore. It would be wise if you check your computer settings to see if this program is active on your system. You can find this out by going to your windows start button. Then all programs, accessories and then system tools, after system tools folder is expanded you should see system restore. This is a very simple to use program that creates and stores restore points on a small calendar. These restore points are system settings for that time and date in the windows operating system. It creates a copy of the registry for that point of use and may save a restore point at anytime a new program is installed on the computer. The user can then go to the program and select any of the restore points and let the program roll the windows operating system back to that time and date. This can fix small problems with in the computers registry and make using your computer more enjoyable.