Spyware Software: The New Secret Threat | ||
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Spyware software is a frequently occurring word in technology circles these days, with menacing undertones. Spyware is software that, without you knowing it, installs itself on your computer piggybacked onto other downloads you requested. Spyware comes in many forms: adware, malware, and pop-up ads. Often spyware displays ads based on the content the user is reading. Hence the alternative name 'adware' is often used. Each of these forms do about the same thing: no matter how new and complex your firewall or virus blocker happens to be, they infect your computer. Because they look just like a part of the program you requested they are able to slip by these protections. And you will never know about this! The distributor of spyware presents the program as a useful utility -- for instance as a "Web accelerator" or as a helpful software agent. Users download and install the software, only to find out later that it can cause harm. They infect your personal computer and can contaminate important system files. Spyware software retards the rate at which your computer runs, making it very slow and difficult to use. And this software can crash your system, ruining important data and possibly ruining your system forever. Apart from violating your privacy and messing up your PC and the software, there's an even greater danger coming from spyware software. .
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