Adware
are software applications which makes the banners appear the whole time that it
is function. It has a program that can install components that transmits
information about the user who accepted the adware without knowing, and its behavior.
Unlike spywares, the user being attacked by an adware will be asked to install
the program. In general, an adware is an application which, along its
functionality, show commercials in a while, downloaded periodically from
certain internet servers.
Spyware
is a program, usually downloaded from the internet, that sends information about
the user without knowing it (if accidentally installed without knowing that it
is a spyware program), every time he or she connects to the internet.
Sometimes, the package sent contain marketing information and not confidential
information, although some programs can do the same way a spyware do.
Though
some applications were both adware and spyware, most of the times spyware
applications have installed themselves and had been working without the user’s
knowledge, opposing the adware application that cannot be installed without the
user’s consent of installing it on his computer’s hard drive.
At
first, they cause no harm to your computer, but later on you will encounter
different problems arising on your computer, from altering your browser and its
settings, launching background applications that monitor your computers
activity.
Among
other effects that follow after installing adware and spyware are the
following:
- Adding links to various magazines, sometimes porn magazines
- Adding new commercials on the web pages, even replacing the existing ones,
- Gaining access to you computers personal passwords e.g credit cards, email accounts
- monitors browser behavior in commercial purposes
- new and strange icons appear in your desktop
- and slowing down your computer
These
problems are so annoying. But since the internet evolves, there are some
software applications which can detect, minimize the adware and spywares from
working on their own, or can make them stop from what they usually do to your
computer.
I
can recommend to you guys the antivirus software that I've been using at
present. Been using it for almost three years now since I discovered it couple
of years ago. I thought I could get rid of those adware and spyware using AVG antivirus, Kaspersky Anti-virus and Avast Antivirus. Like I’ve said, I discovered it a couple of
years ago from a certain website that offering antivirus software’s, but since AVG,
KASPERSKY, AVAST been good at the time and obviously very popular in those
times, not to mention that I am anti-virus hooping just to know which would be
the best to get rid of adware and spyware.
The
best that I've been using so far and currently using to detect, minimize and
prohibits adware, spywares and even viruses from infecting and coming back to
my computer is by using the superb Eset NOD32 Antivirus. Eset has the combination of guarding your computer from adware, spyware and antiviruses attack from the internet. You may tell me that it is not the best, maybe but I can guarantee you that after using it on my clients computers, been a year already that they don't call me to fix their computer even again. They might call me to fix it but not because of those adware and spyware. You guys can get your own copy of Eset NOD32 Antivirus here. You buy it if you like.
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