Sunday, December 2, 2007

Adware Spyware the enemy within are you protected!

Adware or Spyware as it is also known by is a malicious program or should I say programs that infect your computer with adware. As currently there are thousands of variations of adware / spyware waiting to attack your PC.

Some of these adware spyware programs can be harmless and are really only of minimum annoyance and can also be cleaned from your system with ease, using any adware remover programs. However some more infectious adware spyware, malware programs can be potentially damaging to your system, your life and your bank account.

I had a friend who contacted me a few month back and this is what made me very aware of the adware menace, he was telling me that his computer was acting strangely open web pages that he had not requested, shutting down and not opening certain programs. I immediately told him he had a computer virus, but no scan found a virus and we used three different scanners.

About three days later my friend contacted me to tell me that he had been robbed, first impression was he meant his house had been robbed, but it was much worse than this every account he had on the internet had been cleaned out for a total of more than $20,000 USD. As you can see what we thought was a computer virus turned out to be adware spyware.

These funds were never recovered so all I can say is get protected with a adware remover tool today.

The major antivirus and Ad ware companies have conducted a survey and what they found was alarming to say the least, currently 85% of all computers on the internet have some form of adware / spyware on there computers. Most frightening fact of all was that in this study those computers had a least 24 instances of adware spyware hiding on their computer system and causing problems not only for the user but the system itself.

Am I infected and what do I need to look out for, how do I know if I have ad ware spyware running on your PC.

Constantly receiving annoying pop-up windows from sites you have never visited.

Home page constantly changing from what you have set it to. If so your browser has been hijacked by adware.

Maybe your operating system has become slow to load and you notice it getting slower each week this is adware or a symptom of ad ware. Again you will not know whether it is adware or not especially if you haven't installed any adware remover software.

Do you have any strange software loading at start-up this is another trait of adware / spyware programs.

Internet explorer hangs when trying to open chances are you have adware spyware affecting your browser functions.

Constantly receiving error messages and registry errors on your home PC this is another symptom of adware.

If you are surfing the internet you need to understand the growing concern that adware poses to your rights and freedoms. Don't get caught napping on the internet make sure your computer is adware free, with some free adware remover software

So What is Adware / Spyware

Basically adware is a parasite that is just waiting to infect your computer and in some cases even your friends computers.

This adware parasite can steal your identity by tracking your internet movements, stealing your passwords, stealing your bank details and anything you type on your computer.

Remember if your children use your computer these pop-ups and browser hijackers could be sending any kind of undesirable information to your children. Protect your children with an adware spyware removal tool.

Even though some adware is harmless and even some webmasters install programs that track there movements, don't you think it is your right to decide who knows your personal and confidential business and not have it stolen from you by some malicious anti spyware adware program.

These adware spyware, malware parasites are searching the internet looking for unprotected computers--just like yours or mine -- to call home and steal your information. Once they've found a spot to hide on your computer, they go right to work doing all kinds of malicious things to your system--from attacking you with pop-ups, hijacking your browser, to installing more adware parasites, or finding and distributing your personal information.

Take the time to get protected with a adware removal tool. It will ony take a couple of minutes to ensure that you and your family is protected from this growing Killer Spyware Threat.

Adware has become a major threat and the author of this article Ron Cripps has become very concerned with the naive attitude of internet users when it comes to this Killer Spyware Threat

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