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3 Things You Must Know About Spyware
Copyright © 2005, Richard Martin
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1) Spyware is on your system. Like it or not, statistically
speaking, you probably have spyware on your machine right now.
There are so many malicious programs floating around out there
that one or two have bound to have gotten past all of your
security settings. McAfee and Norton Anti Virus are both
excellent programs, but even they can be beaten by the
determined spyware makers and distributors. One recent computer
repair man said, close to 80% of the machines that he services
have spyware on them. I believe it. Spyware can be sneaky and it
can install quietly without your knowledge. Your system probably
has spyware on it; make sure it doesn't corrupt your data files
or worse.
2) Spyware attacks through certain programs. One program that
seems to have been a magnet for spyware on my machine has been my
browser (one that is distributed by a major computer comapany).
Maybe I didn't update my security settings or maybe they were
not strong enough but somehow, somewhere, my previous browser
seems to have been vulnerable to spyware attacks. Switching to
an open source browser (FireFox) was like night and day. Firefox
hasn't seemed to let any spyware install itself so far. I
switched about 6 months ago. If you haven't tried Firefox,
you might consider downloading a trial copy.
3) You need to get some form of protection against spyware.
There are all sorts of companies out there claiming to have the
magic cure for spyware. Some work fantastically, some don't work
as well. Finding the spyware removal “silver bullet” isn't as
hard as it seems, but it does take some work and a little bit
of research. I use several programs on my new machine that I
am typing this on. The hardest part is getting spyware off of
your machine once it is installed, so you don't want it to get
on your machine to begin with. Using the right type of browser
(as mentioned above) is one of the best ways to insure you don't
have to spend a lot of time cleaning your machine.
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