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Spyware is potentially more dangerous beast than Adware because it can record your keystrokes, history, passwords, and other confidential and private information. Spyware is often sold as a spouse monitor, child monitor, a surveillance tool or simply as a tool to spy on users to gain unauthorized access. Spyware is also known as: snoopware, PC surveillance, key logger, system recorders, Parental control software, PC recorder, Detective software and Internet monitoring software.
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3 Things You Must Know About SpywareBy
Dina Giolitto, Wordfeeder.com
1)Spyware is on your system. Like it or not, statistically speaking, you probably have on your machine right now. There are so many malicious programs floating around out there that one or two have bound to have gotten past all of your security settings. McAfee and Norton Anti Virus are both excellent programs, but even they can be beaten by the determined makers and distributors. One recent computer repair man said, close to 80% of the machines that he services have on them. I believe it. Spyware can be sneaky and it can install quietly without your knowledge. Your system probably has on it; make sure it doesn't corrupt your data files or worse.
2)Spyware attacks through certain programs. One program that seems to have been a magnet for on my machine has been my browser (one that is distributed by a major computer comapany). Maybe I didn't update my security settings or maybe they were not strong enough but somehow, somewhere, my previous browser seems to have been vulnerable to attacks. Switching to an open source browser (FireFox) was like night and day. Firefox hasn't seemed to let any install itself so far. I switched about 6 months ago. If you haven't tried Firefox, you might consider downloading a trial copy.
3)You need to get some form of protection against spyware. There are all sorts of companies
out there claiming to have the magic cure for spyware. Some work fantastically, some don't work as well. Finding the removal “silver bullet” isn't as hard as it seems, but it does take some work and a little bit of research. I use several programs on my new machine that I am typing this on. The hardest part is getting off of your machine once it is installed, so you don't want it to get on your machine to begin with. Using the right type of browser (as mentioned above) is one of the best ways to insure you don't have to spend a lot of time cleaning your machine.
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