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Spyware applications are programs and files that hide on your PC's hard drive without you knowing it. These programs allow hackers and advertising companies to record your every move, even when you work offline. They can track the websites you visit, the items that you buy online, the emails you send and receive, and your Instant Message dialog. Worst of all they can even record your credit card number, personal identification numbers, and all of your passwords. If you to connect to the Internet with a dial-up connection, spyware can be used to bill 900 numbers to your phone bill. This is just a primer of the harm that spyware can cause.
Adware applications are installed onto your PCs hard drive by Internet advertising companies that allow them to activate pop-up ads on your computer. Maybe you have noticed a strange icon on your desktop or start menu and wondered where it came from. Maybe you have logged on to the Internet to find that your home page had been switched. Do you have strange search bars on every page you visit? These are all indications of adware programs. These programs can place icons almost anywhere on your computer, can change your home page whenever they wish, and can alter your google search results so you see the results that they want you to see.
Is Your Computer Infected With Spyware?
Chances are. . . IT IS. More than 80% of all PCs ARE infected with some type of spyware. An antivirus or firewall program will not protect you from spyware.
Spyware can find its way onto your computer through various hidden methods.
Spyware writers are continuously modifying their programs and their methods of installation to avoid detection. They are using advanced technology to hide from anti-spyware programs. And stooping to all-time lows with their efforts to target consumers. Despite all of the publicity about the dangers of spyware, infection rates continue to rise.
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