How To Speed Up My Computer: Get Rid Of Spyware

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#5- How To Get Rid Of Spyware

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efinition of Spyware

Spyware is software with malicious intent – by design; it does something bad to your computer. Usually, it gets installed without your knowledge. It sometimes takes advantage of the fact that most people click “I Agree” to software licenses without reading them.

Facts about spyware.

1.Use up your computer’s system resources, memory, & Internet bandwidth, making your computer and/or Internet connection slow.

2.Delete, modify, or disable files, folders, programs, and essential Windows components and services.

3.Use worms, trojans, and “back doors” to open your computer to further invasions and these programs may also install software to enable your PC to be a “Host” or commonly known now as a “bot”. Bots are everyday normal PC’s that send, collect and analyze information all over the world.

4.Use your computer to send spam – yes, really! It’s estimated that 80% of the world’s spam is sent by “zombie” home computers infected with “spam trojans” which were installed by spyware or worms.

5.Conflict with other programs, causing your computer to crash or freeze up.

6.Hide the presence of other parasites, and protect them when you try to remove them.

7.Install “keyloggers” which record your keystrokes, that is, they record everything you type.

8.Steal your passwords, credit card information, & other personal data to be used for identity theft.

9.Monitor your web surfing habits and record the web pages you visit.

10.Relay any of this collected data back to its makers & sell it to other companies or bad guys.

11.Collect your e-mail address & make you the target of spam (junk e-mail).

12.Pester you with pop-up ads, even if you have pop-ups disabled in your web browser.

13.Hijack your web browser and change your home page, add favorites/bookmarks, or redirect you to other sites without your permission (more on browser hijacking later).

Pretty scary stuff huh? Having spyware on your computer is a serious threat to you and your family. Many have become the victims of idenity theft and other various crimes through spyware. There is a solution though, see the next section on how you get spyware on your computer and how to get it off.

Here are some ways you may have obtained spyware on your computer.

1.It may hide inside of another program’s installer: Many free programs, especially file/music sharing programs like Kazaa, but also screensavers, games, etc. install some form of spyware. They may or may not tell you that they’re doing this; if they do tell you, they will do so in the license agreement. They of course count on the fact that no one actually reads those license agreements! You should read to the end of all EULAs (End User Licensing Agreements).

2.It may be installed by a “drive-by download”: installed behind your back when you visit a web site or click a link, especially advertising links or those that say you won something. In these cases, you don’t even have to do anything other than visit a web site or click a link!

An e-mail or web site may make you think that you need to download something: For example, an e-mail may say that someone sent you an electronic greeting card but that you need to download a special viewer to see it, or a web site may say that you need to download a special “media player” to view their site.

3.It may pretend to be something essential, helpful, or desirable: Spyware may masquerade as some type of security warning, a “free virus scan,” or even a spyware removal program to get you to click on it.

4.A web site may keep pestering you to download something until you say yes: Normally, your web browser should ask you for permission if a web site you visit tries to install anything. Unfortunately, when you say No, your “No” is only good until you go to the next web page, where you’ll be asked again. After being asked several times, some people will just give in and say yes. (Don’t!)

And now the answer. SPYWARE CEASE.

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