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Spyware And Adware: What You Must Know

By George Hutton

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Published: 11Mar2010
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With the massive growth of the Internet in recent years, it's no wonder that more and more people are taking advantage of this awesome opportunity. The more your surf on line, the more you can't help but notice the amazing amount of cool stuff you can find in the form of entertainment, useful information, and even employment opportunities. However, everything is not as happy as it seems. There is a downside to all this Internet goodness. What I'm talking about here is spyware and adware.

What exactly is spyware and adware? First of all, these two categories of programs are different from something commonly referred to as "malware," which is short for malicious software. Malicious software is designed to do only one thing: Destroy as much of your computer's information as possible. And often times it does this, and then makes copies of itself and sends itself to all your email contacts.

Spyware and adware, on the other hand, aren't so terrible. Sure they can be extremely frustrating, and sometimes slow your computer down to a halt, but in and of themselves they don't do much damage. They only snoop around to find information. Often times personal information that you aren't too anxious to share with the Internet at large.

Sometimes spyware is installed on purpose. Parents, companies, bosses, they need to know that the computers that under their jurisdiction are being put to good use. No parent wants their child surfing to adult web sites, and no boss wants is or her employees goofing off while they should be working. These are some common uses of purposely installed spyware by people that actually have a vested interest in the user of the target computer. But what about the other kind?

The other kind is installed without your knowledge, an without your permission. Often times they come along with something that you may have thought was "free," like a handy desktop icon, or some file sharing software. But more often than not, these "free" software programs often come with spyware and adware pre installed.

How do you get rid of it once you have it? The best way is to obtain and run an anti spyware software program. These are either free, or paid. The free ones are great, but sometimes they aren't up to date enough to take care of the latest spyware programs out there. When this happens, sometimes the best thing to do is pay for a program. That way you'll not only be up to date, but you'll have something continuously protecting your computer at all times. The Internet is a great place, and filled with fantastic information and entertainment. You shouldn't spend your valuable time worrying about spyware on your computer.

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