Archives: 2008 April

With adware and spyware programs becoming a perennial threat in the online world, it would be wise to have your PC always protected. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of spyware and adware programs lurking somewhere on the Internet, looking for a chance to get into your PC. Some of them may require that you [...]

In some cases, spies and covert operations are found in war grounds or politically tense regions. Now however, you can find spies and covert operations running undetected within your personal computer system as you use your computer and the Internet. Spyware on the other hand is more covert and usually undetected in your system until [...]

This article is about the Need for Adware and Spyware Blockers. There is this one law school student whose thesis is about money laundering so oftentimes she would google the term to come up with a ready list of online references. This proved to be useful to her and the entire process of writing her [...]

The threat of spyware and adware programs has become a widespread problem among computer users. This is one of the unwanted side effects of the online world. Just as making the world a smaller place for everybody, the Internet ha brought the proliferation of malicious programs and applications that work its way into individual computers [...]

It is about knowledge and knowledge is power. He who knows gains an advantage over the one who does not. Usually, ignorance is bliss, but in this case, ignorance is dangerous. When you are not aware that your computer is spying on you, you could be in for some nasty surprises. I can easily imagine [...]

Spywares and adwares are not only annoying but more often than not tend to damage your computer software and sometimes can even cause some damage to your hardware as well. These annoying bugs have become a scourge for internet browser users worldwide. They have become a normal occurrence that we sometimes tend to ignore but [...]

Generally considered as some kind of potentially unwanted programs (PUP) by the Internet Security Company (McAFee,) adware and spyware could pause as a menace to original computer owners, web developers, and IT of certain corporations. Advertisements (adware) already included and mainstay of the program could present a threat or traffic nuisance for reason of its [...]

Adware, spyware and computer virus share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let’s differentiate the three. Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is that they create pathways wherein someone else aside from the computer owner can communicate with the [...]