Free Adware And Spyware Protection
Written on June 25, 2009 – 9:47 am | by Phil Edgar
Almost all people who surf the internet at home have experienced harmful adware or spyware damage to their PC. Adware is short for advertising software and it is a malicious program that is a huge threat to the overall health of your computer.
An example of adware is when you’re browsing the web and all of a sudden a pop-up window appears that is completely unrelated to what you’re reading. You must tread very carefully when you do see these advertisements as sometimes, when you click the “x” button to close the window, you may be giving the OK for this program to install more adware onto your pc!
Spyware is maybe the more serious of the two. Short for spy-software, it allows its programmers to hack into your computer, once installed, without your knowledge or consent. They can then see your passwords, pictures, music or anything else you have stored on your PC.
Adware and spyware will run on your computer when your online from when they’re installed until you get rid of them. They will also make your computer run slower, as the software takes up memory when installed, which gets in the way of other programs trying to run.
Eventually, if you don’t do anything about these problems, your computer will begin to run so slowly, that it’ll eventually crash and you’ll lose all the data, pictures, music and files that you have saved on it.
There are two main ways to combat and get rid of adware and spyware programs. The first way is to take it to a local PC repair or electronics store where they will be able to remove the malicious software or sell you a new hard drive and install it. This probably isn’t the best move though, as it’ll cost you a pretty penny and is also fairly time consuming.
The alternative, cheaper and faster option is to download a simple anti-spyware and anti-adware program from the internet. These programs will scan your computer, just like a firewall would for viruses, detect all adware and spyware that’s been installed on your PC and delete them for you.
You will instantly notice that your PC is running faster and more smoothly, even if you haven’t noticed that your computer is running slow at all. Always remember, if you don’t have an anti-spyware and anti-adware program installed, you most likely DO have adware or spyware installed on your PC without you even knowing.
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