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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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November 10 2003--There are literally thousands of shareware and freeware applications on the Internet today that use spyware and adware. What is spyware and addware? In simplest terms it is portions of a program that track your Internet usage and display pop up ads based on your Internet usage. How does spyware get on your computer? Spyware can infect your computer from such simple internet usage as visiting a web page. Although this type of spyware is usually just a bad cookie that keeps track of your info incase you return to that site, much worse infections mainly come from shareware and freeware version of some of the most popular titles on today's market. The bad news is there are no laws against this type of advertising as of yet.

What can be done? There are spyware removal programs on the internet such as Spyware Cop from www.spyware-cop.com that scan your computer for spyware and adware and remove them safely, allowing you to create back ups of the files before you remove them. Spyware Cop also provides monthly updates to protect against the newest spyware and adware programs that develop.

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