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Speaker 1: Some easy ways to avoid malware on your computer. What's

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Speaker 1: going on on rich Demiro? This is rich on tech.

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Speaker 1: If your computer is acting kind of strange, it might

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Speaker 1: be infected with malware. This is software that shows you

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Speaker 1: pop up ads, It hijacks your searches, and it slows

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Speaker 1: your computer down to a crawl. So you often wonder, well,

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Speaker 1: how did it get there? Well, you probably installed it

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Speaker 1: on your computer by accident. Often it's included with free

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Speaker 1: downloads when you download one software program. A lot of times,

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Speaker 1: the way they pay for that is by having these

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Speaker 1: other programs kind of bundled in, and you don't even

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Speaker 1: realize because you just kind of click through all the menus.

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Speaker 1: Next thing you know, your browser is different, your browser

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Speaker 1: search is different. There's pop up ads in your computer

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Speaker 1: and stuff that you don't necessarily want or need. So

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Speaker 1: how do you avoid this stuff? I'll tell you about

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Speaker 1: four programs that can help, and if you're on a Mac,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you about a program that can help you

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Speaker 1: as well. Let's start first off with the malware Bites

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Speaker 1: browser extension. This one comes from the same folks who

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Speaker 1: make the popular desktop app malware Bytes, but this is

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Speaker 1: an extension for Chrome and Firefox that actually protects you

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Speaker 1: as you browse the web. So this will block visits

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Speaker 1: to malicious websites, and it also makes it so scam

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Speaker 1: artists can't hijack your browser or lock it up with

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Speaker 1: a tech support scam. I'm getting so many emails and

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Speaker 1: texts and tweets about these tech support scams, So if

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Speaker 1: this can help protect you against it, that is a

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Speaker 1: good thing. Malware Bites browser extension also blocks third party

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Speaker 1: ad trackers to protect your privacy. This means that when

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Speaker 1: you search for something on one website, you won't see

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Speaker 1: ads for that same item following you around the entire Internet.

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Speaker 1: So again, this one is called the malware Bites browser extension.

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Speaker 1: All right. Next up you have Windows Defender browser protection.

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Speaker 1: So if you have Windows ten, you've got something built

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Speaker 1: in called Windows Defender. Well, this is a browser extension

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Speaker 1: that does a lot of the same things that that

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Speaker 1: program does, but it's mainly for your browser. Its main

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Speaker 1: purpose is to protect you from malicious links that try

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Speaker 1: to trick you into installing bad software on your computer.

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Speaker 1: So as you click links on the web, their check

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Speaker 1: for security in real time. So, for instance, if you

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Speaker 1: stumble upon a website that's wanting to steal your personal

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Speaker 1: information like your bank account info, your login, or your password.

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Speaker 1: You are going to see a big red warning screen

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Speaker 1: that says this website has been reported as unsafe and

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Speaker 1: the Windows Defender Browser protection will get you back to safety. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you're running Chrome as your web browser on your computer,

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Speaker 1: which I highly recommend you do, there's actually a little

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Speaker 1: built in tool that can help you remove malware on

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Speaker 1: your computer. But they don't ever tell you about this,

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Speaker 1: and it's really kind of tough to find. So to

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Speaker 1: find it, open up the Chrome web browser on your

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Speaker 1: PC and click the three little dots in the upper

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Speaker 1: right hand corner to bring up the menu. This is

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Speaker 1: to the right of your address bar. Once you're in there,

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Speaker 1: select settings and then scroll all the way down to

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Speaker 1: the bottom of the screen and click where it says Advanced.

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Speaker 1: Then you have to scroll all the way down one

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Speaker 1: more time and look for the section labeled reset and

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Speaker 1: clean Up. In here, you'll see an option called clean

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Speaker 1: up Computer. Click there and Chrome will automatic start checking

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Speaker 1: for quote harmful software and then present the results it finds.

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Speaker 1: You can also hit the fine button to look for

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Speaker 1: unwanted software. If it doesn't automatically start doing that process,

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Speaker 1: and this will find anything that hogs up your processor,

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Speaker 1: injects adds into your web browsing, and any other annoyances

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Speaker 1: that these little software programs generate. If Chrome finds any

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Speaker 1: of them, you can use a few more clicks to

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Speaker 1: clear out those programs. Just keep in mind that you'll

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Speaker 1: probably have to restart your computer once the Chrome Software

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Speaker 1: Removal tool is done doing its thing. But that's a

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Speaker 1: really simple and fast way to clean up your computer.

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Speaker 1: All right. One more thing that I really like. It's

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Speaker 1: this little app for Windows called Should I Remove It?

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Speaker 1: This is a great little free app you can use

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Speaker 1: to scan your computer for programs that you might not need.

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Speaker 1: What I love about this is it uses the wisdom

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Speaker 1: of the crowds to help you determine if you really

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Speaker 1: need that program on your computer. Because think about it,

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Speaker 1: if you're a software developer and you're trying to make malware,

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna do. You're gonna give your programs

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Speaker 1: some sort of weird name that the average person is

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Speaker 1: gonna think sounds really important, right, So when they see

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Speaker 1: it on their computer and they go to uninstalled, they're like, oh, shoot,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I should really uninstall that. This

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Speaker 1: app Should I Remove It helps you cut through the

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Speaker 1: clutter by telling you what an app does and how

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Speaker 1: many people have safely removed it from their computer. It

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Speaker 1: also explains what these programs do so you can better

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Speaker 1: understand why they're on your computer and why you may

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Speaker 1: or may not need them on there. And I think

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Speaker 1: this is a great little app, so again, Should I

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Speaker 1: Remove It? Is a really good one for helping you

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Speaker 1: figure out what you need and what you don't need

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Speaker 1: on your Windows computer. So now you're saying, hey, Rich,

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Speaker 1: what about me, I'm on a Mac Well number one

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Speaker 1: Max don't have as much malware based on their architecture,

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Speaker 1: just the way the system is set up, so you

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Speaker 1: don't really have to worry about malware as much, but

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Speaker 1: it can still happen. So what I recommend for you

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Speaker 1: is an app called Should I Remove It? And they

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Speaker 1: just came out with a new version. I will have

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Speaker 1: much more on that in a future podcast, so be

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Speaker 1: on the lookout for that. All right until next time.

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Speaker 1: If you want links to everything I talk about here,

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Speaker 1: just go to my website rich on tech dot tv

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Speaker 1: or check the show notes for all these apps that

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Speaker 1: can help you avoid and remove malware. Yer Old, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for listening. I'll talk to you real soon mhm.