February 15, 2009

Is My Computer Infected?

Filed under: Computers — Guest Author @ 7:51 am

I know that more than one of you have experienced a pop up window or maybe something similar and you think that is just something that comes with the website, but have you thought about. This could be something more, it could be a Spyware.

Spyware is software that is going to perform different types of commands like pop-up windows, advertising and others without your permission.

There are ways to know if you have one in your computer, since this software is going to even change your computers configuration, that could be use as reference, for example if you see a new toolbar in your browser that you didn’t change and is very hard to get rid of, if is taking too long to perform a task.

All this is preventable , even the way that you download information can help you to be spyware free, and also antivirus programs , sometimes they come with a spyware protection too.

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