Spyware Protection: Take Care during any Installation

Spyware protection is especially important for your computer, as spyware software can send your personal information to anybody, without your knowledge. Often user names and passwords can be hacked and sent. Many companies, especially ad companies can make use of this data and send you unsolicited targeted advertisements.

Spyware encourages pop-ups, security threats and slows down the performance of all the programs. Microsoft, like many other companies, provides spyware protection by featuring a monitoring system. This can detect the spyware and recommend actions against it. The interruptions get automatically minimized and you can continue to use the computer in a normal way. There is a free program available called Windows Defender which features spyware protection.

It is difficult to remove spyware from the computer, so it is easier to prevent it and one should look at that as a priority. Normally there are two ways through which spyware can enter your computer. Often you could be asked to click on a link, and in that way the spyware gets installed. Maybe a web site just opens a window that looks like a dialog box, or there is a fake title bar and while you are trying to close the window spyware could get installed.

Another way that spyware can enter your computer is through installation of freeware. Often file-sharing programs could bring in spyware, and it is easy to fall for this trick. As soon as it is installed, it starts downloading advertisements all the time. Also, your home page, search page or your browser settings could be hijacked.

Use antivirus products which include spyware scanning for spyware protection. The latest versions of antivirus products like the Norton Antivirus or America Online (AOL) have an automatic spyware scanning, but the anti-spyware has to be kept updated all the time.

So keep the following tips in mind for spyware protection. When you install a program, make sure that it does not contain spyware. Check it out by reading up the publisher's website or by searching on the net.

Another way is to install a pop-up blocker to prevent spyware pop-up windows. Sometimes, if you click on a link which shows you a dialog box showing 'Yes' to install the program, do not click on the button till you are doubly sure, that the program that you wanted to install is the one that is on your screen.Installing programs with great care is the actual key to spyware protection.
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