Preventing and Dealing With Spyware

April 03, 2004

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites

What is Spyware? A technology that assists in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet, ''spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties.'' In some cases even after these programs have been removed from your system. As such, spyware and or Malware is cause for public concern about privacy on the Internet. These type applications also in many cases can cause unknown browser problems.

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