Williger.Com

We enjoy many conveniences with the internet. We can chat with our friends, shop through our browsers, pay our bills, and manage our bank accounts. But with all this convenience also comes the reality that there are those who want to exploit people through malicious computer acts. Some of the software that makes us susceptible to these crimes is known as adware and spyware.

It is easy to accidentally download adware and spyware onto our computer and not even be aware of it. One of the ways adware and spyware is introduced quietly onto our computers is through the distribution of software known as freeware. Sometimes, we can just visit a site and an adware or freeware program can get installed. Having adware or spyware introduced onto our computers is not to be taken lightly. Adware, spyware, and malware are found all over the internet and our computers are constantly at risk however we either don’t know that we are being infected or all of the sudden we have numerous unsolicited popup ad windows we cannot stop.

Spyware, when it becomes criminal, is also known as malware. Malware is software that can read your computer’s main drive and steal critical passwords, record keystrokes (like when you key in a credit card number), and steal other financial data. Malware is used often to get information that can be later used in an identity theft. Identity theft is a very serious problem today and can be very expensive to combat.

The thing that is so dangerous about the adware and spyware programs is that they can be resident on your computer unbeknown to you. The biggest clue that something has gone awry in your computer and that you are infected with adware and spyware is that you get bombarded with numerous popup windows with advertisements. All of the ads are unsolicited. Many times, you computer will slow to a crawl at the same time that the popup ads appear yet you will not be aware of any new software running. But it is the adware or spyware that is hogging computer processing power by doing who knows what.

An anti-spyware program is the only way you can detect if your computer has adware or spyware on it. Anti-spyware programs are designed to be able to detect any software of this nature and remove it from your computer. The best anti-spyware programs are those that are proactive and guard against the introduction of spyware and adware in the first place. In fact, an anti-spyware program that has both preventative and rescue functions is the one you should choose.

Sometimes these adware and spyware programs get introduced from free anti-spyware programs offered on the internet—very sneaky. This is why it is ever so important to read everything in any end user license agreement (EULA) before you put a new software product on your computer. This is the part we usually just whisk right through when doing a software install by agreeing to proceed. It is right here in the EULA that you may be able to determine that adware or spyware will get installed.

The anti-spyware program should try and remove the adware and spyware from your computer. Sometimes the removal of the spyware can affect programs you did not want to stop running because the spyware and adware was bundled in them.

Active Directory recommends NetworkSecurity.WS, CyberDiscovery.Com, SpywareTool.com, and Williger.com.