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Spyware Removal Tools Spyware* - you're infected and don't even know it!
By conservative estimates, 9 out of 10 computers that connect to the internet are infected. And this includes people who are diligent about running their anti-spyware 2-3 times a week. Scary, huh?
But what harm can spyware do, you ask? Well, here is a list of scary stuff to make your Halloween especially ironic -
Spyware slows your machine down - when you are infected with spyware, your computer starts getting slower and slower, since the spyware runs in the background and goes out to various sites, it consumes your memory and hard disk resources.
Spyware eats your bandwidth for breakfast - seconds after you start your computer, spyware starts hitting you with popups and starts communicating with remote machines (not in your home/office) across the world. So, since these bugs are pushing information to those servers and pulling information from those servers - net result? Your internet gets slower.
Spyware can fish up your personal information - some particularly nastier bugs can log your keystrokes and report that to the mothership. So, potentially private information is not private anymore! This could include credit card information, passwords and other damaging stuff. As spyware gets more sophisticated, this could become a real and present danger!
But how do they get past your firewall and antivirus? Well, you don't need to invite them in, in most cases. Some scripts (geek speak for the bugs) infect vulnerable websites and their webmasters haven't a clue. You go to this website to look up some information, and before you know it, a tiny piece of information is dumped on your machine, only to go out to the mother ship and download the actual nasty spyware that can give you ulcers.
But I run an updated Antivirus Software (Norton/McAfee) and I have a firewall, so I am protected right? WRONG. You are still very vulnerable. Because, these bugs come in through your browser (port 80 traffic) and your firewall and your Antivirus cannot stop them.
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CounterSpy 2.5.1032
CounterSpy 2 is tough on spyware, adware, rootkits, and other malware, but is light on system resources and memory. Advantages of CounterSpy 2: Heavy-duty antispyware protection treads lightly on system resources. Kernel-level Active Protection defen |
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McAfee Internet Security Suite
McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor is a proactive 10-in-1 always-updating security bundle that protects what you value, your identity and your computer from viruses, spyware, e-mail, and IM scams, hackers, and online predators, and provi |
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Spyware Doctor
Spyware Doctor is a spyware remover and provides real-time anti-spyware protection against spyware, adware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, spyware cookies, adbots, spybots, browser hijackers, and phishing attacks. |
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Spy Sweeper
Get serious about removing spyware with Spy Sweeper - the award-winning antispyware software trusted by millions of home computer users.
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