| You must be wondering, what is Spyware or | | | | whole Spyware Antivirus industry operating for internet |
| Spyware Anti-Virus, and why it is important to have | | | | users. |
| your computer scanned and updated with Spyware | | | | Again Spyware Antivirus is computer program and job |
| Antivirus software. With the rise of internet more and | | | | of Spyware Antivirus is to remove or disable existing |
| more users came on internet and gave rise to | | | | Spyware on the computer. Spyware Antivirus also |
| e-commerce benefiting users and commerce industry. | | | | prevents further attack and stops further installation of |
| With this it created problems related to user profiling | | | | Spyware on computer. Spyware Antivirus programs |
| and in some cases malicious attempts to intercept | | | | watchs and observer for such spyware programs |
| login and passwords for financial institutions. The word | | | | and stop them from installing on host's computer. |
| Spyware surfaced in mid 1990, right before dot com | | | | You are receiving bounced e-mails in high volume, |
| boom, it saw its use only when dot com boom | | | | good chances of trojan spamware running show in |
| created tons of companies on net and millions of user | | | | your computer. |
| got hooked to internet. | | | | You have downloaded music online |
| In essence Spyware is computer program, job of this | | | | Your system is extremely slow, it is using your PC's |
| program is to collect information about user. The | | | | resources, internet bandwidth, modify, delete files, or |
| program is used for collecting information about users | | | | goes after window registry to change important |
| without their consent.The computer program secretly | | | | window programs. |
| records user's actions, while user is surfing on internet. | | | | You are being bombarded by those horrible popup |
| The recorded actions can range from his/her key | | | | ads. |
| strokes, internet page history, which site he/she | | | | Have you noticed your homepage keeps changing. |
| frequently visits, in some cases scanning users' data | | | | Even when your computer offline, your external |
| stored on computer. | | | | modem shows lcd light blinking for data transfer. |
| As said in the beginning, the purpose ranges from | | | | Malicious attempt to record your keystrokes, sell your |
| recording users taste for sites, where he shops, on | | | | financial details to others. They can capture your credit |
| which site he spends more time. All these parameters | | | | card details or your personal information such as SSN |
| will help Internet marketers in targeting ads to his/her | | | | (Social Security Number), birthrate, address etc that |
| interest. Worst of all such information can be used or | | | | can be used to steel identity of person. Well, what |
| accessed by phisers, who are after peoples financial | | | | does it imply to you - data loss, identity theft, and |
| details, either they sell these information or simple use | | | | amount of time put in your work, damage to software |
| themselves. This is the most dangerous attempt on | | | | on your computer and not to mention it degrades your |
| your computer you can have. | | | | productivity and loss of investment. |
| To spare users from onslaught of advertising agency | | | | Can create your PC as zombie to let virus, worms |
| and phisers, lot of companies have come up with | | | | and Trojans open computer to act as host for |
| Spyware Antivirus or Spyware Anti-Virus products | | | | collecting and sending information all over the world. |
| protecting them from malicious attack. Infect there is | | | | |