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January 6th, 2010 | 
Author: Spyware – invasion of your privacy
Spywares are malicious programs that are developed and for different purposes. Spywares are spread through the freeware and shareware programs that are widely available over the internet for free download. The most common purpose of distributing spywares is to track the internet usage data of the users. Spywares gather information about the websites visits, pages viewed and time of browsing a specific site. These data are stored by the spyware and sent to the authors of the spyware. They use these data for targeted online advertising. So, if your PC is infected with spyware and you do not even have a free spyware killer you will keep getting frequent advertisements and pop ups when you are browsing the internet.
Apart from creating disturbance when you are in the middle of a serious job it also will eat up the resources of your system and your bandwidth that will make the PC and your internet connection slower. To get rid of these menaces all you need is a free spyware removal tool that are widely available in the internet.Spyware – a threat for your online security
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Spyware is common term these days. Like any other malware programs spywares are capable of causing harm to your privacy and security. Spyware is a general term that is used for programs that are capable of collecting private and sensitive information from your computer and send to the authors of the spyware without your knowledge. So, until and unless you are getting an effective spyware removal tool installed in your computer, you can never be sure of your complete protection.
Spyware is program that is used to gather information about the internet browsing habits of the user of the infected computer and then transferring these data to the author of the spyware. These data is either used by the people who create the spyware or they sell the data to third parties. The information about the internet behaviour of particular user, i.e. what are sites the user visits, how many time does he spends on a particular website etc., is analysed and used for targeted online advertising campaigns. These is the most common activity of the spyware that is at times annoying and most importantly the spyware uses the resources of your computer to gather, store and send the information. Spyware also is responsible for frequent advertisements that pop up when you are online. To get rid of all these problems, you need a spyware removal tool that will scan the spyware installations in your computer and effectively remove spyware from the hard disc.
Trojan virus is a small malicious program that is hidden within other programs. They look innocent from outside but contain malicious programs within them and hence these programs are also called Trojan horse with reference to the classical Greek literature. In most cases, Trojans are delivered to the victim’s computer, without the knowledge of the user, as executable files, usually through email attachments, chat lines, files transfers through FTP and so on. The most common source of Trojan infection is through freeware or shareware programs, free MP3s and movie downloads. These are freebies on the net that easily attract the netizens and they unknowingly download the files that when executed install the Trojan horse in the system.
There are different types of Trojan horses used for different purposes. Some of the most well known Trojans are AIDS, Back Orifice, Back Orifice 2000, Beast Trojan, Bifrose, Acojonaor, AIM Spy, Ambush, Aqua, VMLFILL and so on. Trojan virus can be used for erasing data or copying or overwriting data of the infected computer’s HDD, encrypting and corrupting system files and data files, uploading and downloading bulk materials, installing other malicious software like spyware, virus, phishing software, retrieving email addresses, passwords and credit card numbers.