Today's Featured Article - Spyware
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Spyware covers a broad category of malicious software designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the informed consent of that machine's owner or legitimate user. While the term taken literally suggests software that surreptitiously monitors the user, it has come to refer more broadly to software that subverts the computer's operation for the benefit of a third party.
Spyware differs from viruses and worms in that it does not usually self-replicate. Like many recent viruses, however, spyware - by design - exploits infected computers for commercial gain. Typical tactics furthering this goal include delivery of unsolicited pop-up advertisements; theft of personal information (including financial information such as credit card numbers); monitoring of Web-browsing activity for marketing purposes; or routing of HTTP requests to advertising sites.
As of 2005, pundits have often characterized spyware as the pre-eminent security threat for computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some malware on the Linux and Mac OS X platforms has behavior similar to Windows spyware, but to date has not become anywhere near as widespread.
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let's say if you kena, is there anyway to remove it?
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Anti-spyware scanners will do the job of removing these pests.
Ad-aware SE Personal
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Spybot Search & Destroy
Both of these are completely free and good anti-spyware applications. If you are still worried whether either one is up to the task, just install both, in case one spyware manage to slip through one of them.
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let'ssay you kena a certain website, how do you delete it?Originally posted by chanff8:Anti-spyware scanners will do the job of removing these pests.
Ad-aware SE Personal
and
Spybot Search & Destroy
Both of these are completely free and good anti-spyware applications. If you are still worried whether either one is up to the task, just install both, in case one spyware manage to slip through one of them. -
All these anti-spyware freeware only give u free scan of viruses but dont let you remove or quarantine them also got what use? Unless you pay them
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Spyware and adware you got from surfing websites? Use the same programs as well. They will also scan your Temporary Internet Folder as well, where most of the nasty stuff hides themselves. If you want to theres also an option to scan the entire system.Originally posted by 798:let'ssay you kena a certain website, how do you delete it?
These programs quarantine AND remove them. Where did you hear that from?Originally posted by mrwonderful:All these anti-spyware freeware only give u free scan of viruses but dont let you remove or quarantine them also got what use? Unless you pay them -
ok just treied it its great for share ware. Other programs I used like Spybot are something all only gave freee scans.. Bloody uselss.
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Hm... Its a freeware by the way. Shareware are programs which only allows you to try out for 30days and stuff.Originally posted by mrwonderful:ok just treied it its great for share ware. Other programs I used like Spybot are something all only gave freee scans.. Bloody uselss.
And Spybot scans and removes as well wad... -
Think you are using shareware antivirus products. Shareware antivirus products usually will let you scan only, but no quarantine and removing of viruses.Originally posted by mrwonderful:ok just treied it its great for share ware. Other programs I used like Spybot are something all only gave freee scans.. Bloody uselss.
Spybot and Ad-aware are free anti-spywares that you can use to scan and remove spyware and adware. Microsoft Antispyware is also a good one. HijackThis is a good freeware anti-spyware.
There are also some shareware anti-spyware products. One of them is Spyware Doctor. See the Welcome thread. -