Posts Tagged ‘anti-spyware’

How To Get Rid of Adware

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Adware can have harmful effect on your computer. There are many signs that show that malicious software programs are unknowingly installed on your computer. You get so many ads and popups thrown your way. The internet speed is slowed down real bad, browser keeps closing down with unexpected errors, unfamiliar bookmarks in browser settings, new unheard of favorites, mysterious programs in the start up etc.  Surely you would like to… Continue reading

Download Freeware And Not Spyware!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

A lot of people like downloading freeware as against purchasing the paid software. A freeware can be understood as software that is free of cost and can be downloaded from internet. Every freeware is meant to provide some sort of functionality to the end user. It is also not difficult to install this software. It comes with an easy to understand read me file and very user friendly installation wizard… Continue reading

Do Freeware Come With Spyware?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

It costs nothing to download a freeware and hence it is downloaded by a number of people. Freeware is like any other software that can be downloaded from internet, but free. Every freeware is some kind of a utility providing some specific functionality to the user. It is not a rocket science to install the freeware. Simple read me files and user friendly installation wizards make it very easy to… Continue reading

How Do You Get Rid Of Malware from your system?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Malicious software is sometimes referred to as malware. This software has very harmful impacts on the computer it resides in. There are many sources that your computer could get malware infection from. It could be your floppy drive, CD drive, pen drive, internet, or some other external source. Internet is by far the most common and talked about source of malware. In a most commonly set up trap… Continue reading

Basics of Spyware

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Spyware is a kind of computer threat that is not yet covered by common applications that concentrate solely on viruses. Spyware silently keeps track of all websites that you search in order to create a marketing profile to send your online history back to the makers of the spyware, who will then, for a profit sell the information to marketing strategy firms who will then be able to… Continue reading