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Adware: Spyware
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Spyware & Adware are files that can be installed on your computer, even if you don't want them, without you knowing they are there! They allow companies to monitor your Internet browsing patterns, see what you purchase and even allow companies to inundate you with those annoying "pop up" ads!
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Adware began exhibiting spyware and malware characteristics. Even if victims were able to remove hijackers, they were sometimes unable to change hijacked home pages or other settings to what they wanted because the relevant buttons had been grayed out (made unavailable). Entire sections sometimes disappeared completely from Internet Options when the hijackers began to take advantage of the pre-existing ability to lock down Internet Explorer.
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Adware and spyware often work hand-in-hand, slowing Internet connections to a crawl, bombarding desktops with popup ads, and compromising security. This article describes what adware and spyware are and offers tips to avoid infection.
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Adware may add itself to the pop-up blocker exception list in Windows XP Service Pack 2, or to the Windows Firewall exceptions. There are ... reports of some malware using Trojan Horses such as HackerDefender to hide themselves from popular anti-spyware software.
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Adware infections net the purveyors of slimeware software around $3 a year for each infected PC, according to estimates from anti-spyware firm Webroot Software. Using this figure and stats from its own malware auditing services, Webroot guesstimates the illicit advertising market underpinned by adware infection of home and business PCs could be worth up to $1.6bn a year.
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Adware, as well as other Spyware, are constantly evolving and becoming more advanced to avoid detection. Adware along with its variants can install in different locations and even when you try to uninstall it you find they reappear when you reboot your computer.
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