Sunday, June 14, 2009

What is Spyware ?

Spyware and Malware and Crapware are programs (often disguised as free offers, toolbars, and smilee/icon packs) that infect your computer to promote unwanted advertising, prevent your PC from functioning correctly (if at all), mine your PC for private data or other such specious activity. We suggest purchasing a well-known anti-virus suite. Many free spyware removal tools and cleaners out on the internet
are actually spyware installers in disguise, so be careful with what you install! If it's free and it tries to scare you into buying it... it's usually not good. We recommend you use a combination of the following (some of which are available free)...

Lavasoft Ad Aware spyware cleaner (free version):
http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-Free-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Microsoft Security Essentials malware and virus protection
for Windows Vista and Windows 7 only (free):
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Norton Antivirus, 360, Norton Internet Security (trial versions):
http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme4.jsp?themeid=free_tools_trials2

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware spyware and rootkit cleaner (free):
http://www.malwarebytes.org

AVG anti-virus (free):
http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

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