What is Spyware and Adware?
Spyware is a dangerous type of software that
can be installed onto
your computer, and can record emails, chat conversations, web
sites visited, and data entered into documents and web site
windows.
These programs can record your account
numbers, user names, passwords, and
everything that else that is typed on your computer. These
programs transmit the recorded
information to whomever is spying on your system, giving them
access to everything about you.
Adware is software that can be installed on your
computer from peer to peer file sharing programs, or message boxes
on websites asking "Do you wish to install..., signed by ..."
These programs can record website statistics, such as where you
navigate, what you search for, and the rate of which you click on
certain links. Adware creates pop up ads, turning your
computer into a virtual billboard based on your Internet surfing
habits. These programs can also change your Internet homepage to a
strange website and prevent you from changing it back to your
desired home page. Adware can even go as far to have your modem
dial premium rate phone numbers and stick you with the bill.
Both Spyware and Adware can be installed onto your
computer without your consent and can be incredibly difficult to
remove. In addition to the obvious threats of these malicious
programs, they can also cause your system even more harm due to
programming conflicts. Some components are programmed with bugs
that error depending on your computer configuration, so when they
are secretly loaded, they can crash your web browser or other
applications, rendering your computer useless.
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How does Spyware
and Adware get on my computer?
There are many ways that these
programs can get into your system. They can be installed
by
another person who wants to monitor your computer, using the “Would
you like to install...signed by...” installation technique,
pretending to be a legitimate software provider and taking
advantage of Internet Explorer’s ActiveX
option, which simply installs itself when you visit a website that
hosts the adware. Some of the more malicious programs install
themselves by exploiting security holes in Internet Explorer.
Regardless, these programs are most often installed without your
consent and knowledge.
Some brief definitions of
common infections:
Adware:
Adware can do a number of different things to your
system. It can monitor and profile your web usage and direct pop up
ads based on your surfing habits. Most peer-to-peer file sharing
programs come bundled with Adware and the user is only notified of
this is in the fine print of the End User License Agreement.
Adware is not as dangerous as other infections but it can be
incredibly annoying. These are the types of programs that download
files onto you computer by saying they are necessary for certain
websites to work, or without even notifying you at all. They can
take up your computers resources and are largely responsible for
the countless pop-up ads you receive on the web.
Browser Hijackers: A Browser Hijacking
Object or "BHO" is a program that takes over your Internet
Browser. It can reset your homepage to the vendor's own website,
or insert toolbars into your browser that also link the user to
the vendor's products or website. BHO's can even go as far as to
make a query that is entered into a search engine report results
that link only to the vendor's products.
Dialers: Dialer software is not spyware but
can be the most costly to the user. This software can make the
users modem dial long-distance or premium rate phone numbers for
an extended period of time. The result is that the user can get
stuck with an enormous phone bill.
Malware: Malware is short for Malicious
Software. This type of program is specifically designed to
disrupt your computer system. Their function is to disrupt the
normal operations of your computer in order to perform their own.
These programs can be very difficult to delete and often try to
re-install themselves after deletion.
Spyware:
Spyware is a much more dangerous form of infection. Spyware can record your
keystrokes, internet history, passwords, user names, and account
numbers. It is often sold as a spouse monitor, child monitor,
surveillance program, or simply as a way to gain unauthorized
access to another person's system. Spyware is designed to gather
activity information without the user's knowledge or consent, and
then reports this information back to the spy. Everything you do on your computer
is available to the person who is spying on you, and you DO NOT
have to be connected to the Internet in order to be spied on. Some
Spyware is programmed to store data in a hidden file, and only the
person spying on you can access it. Other spyware programs are
designed to wait until you sign on before sending the recorded
information via email or uploading it to a special website. In
either case, spyware can record 24/7 regardless of Internet
connectivity. SpyBuster is designed to seek out these programs and
destroy them.
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