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Antispyware - Spyware
Spyware is a part in the malware family. Spyware is created to steal information or change information. This could either be that spyware programs steal information about creditcards, sensitive informaiton, habits about which webpages you visit etc.
There are other types of spyware that acctually goes in and changed the default homepages, standard search engines. This is to drive visitors to the creators network and make sure that the creators of the spyware can collect money from traffic.
Spyware / Adware
Adware is usually included in the spyware concept.But what is adware
Adware is a program that shows advertisments instead of you paying a fee for the program/service that you use. Example of adware programs are cuteftp.How do you get infected by spyware
In moste cases the spyware is included in programs that you install. This is the case with most filshareing programs such as Kazaa, Grokster etc.It's also fairly common that spyware tries to install automatically when you visit a homepage.
If you get infected by a spyware it will be noticed in different ways.
- More advertisment / pop-up windows is showed.
- You will be redirected to unknown pages.
- Your searches gives you strange results and takes you to unknown pages
Protect youself against Spyware
To protect youself against spyware there are different programs.Most antivirusprogram companies usually has some sort of built in protection scheme against spyware. And these programs are mostly included in the "total security" packages that the supplier sells.
In the menu to the left you will see a link to pestpatrol. Which is one of the leading antispywareprograms. I will advice you to aquire it, it will help you remove all your spyware problems.