I suppose I was naive when I cheered the new Google Desktop Search tool thinking it was ONLY a great way to help ease my computer info-glut and help organize my hundreds of hard-drive stored documents, emails and files. It seems that now I have to worry about how bad guys and busybodies will use it to spy on me!
Dell’s Spyware Survey
Though more than 90 percent of computers in the United States have some form of spyware on their computers, the majority don’t know how to identify or combat the online menace, according to a survey released today by the Internet Education Foundation (IEF) and Dell.
Yahoo Introduces New Toolbar Featuring Free Spyware Protection
Yahoo has begun beta testing a new toolbar that will feature a spyware function called Anti-Spy. The new anti-spyware addition will allow users to protect their computers from these types of programs.
Here’s A Quick Way To Find And Remove Spyware And Adware From Your Computer
You are probably familiar with the threat of computer viruses but did you know there’s actually a much more common danger that may already have infected your system? It’s called Spyware, and it has actually surpassed viruses as the #1 threat facing your computer today.
Rooting Out Spyware + Hard Drive Installation
Can you help? I’ve got XP Professional on my PC, and every now and then it decides it’s going to dial the internet. No particular reason, no applications calling for it, just now and then. If media player is running it interupts that, or otherwise just throws up a screen saying no dialtone (I don’t have it permanently connected to the net). Can I stop it from dialling without asking me?
Could spyware be slowing your PC boot up time?
I have a HP pavilion 512n system. I have 256 Megs ram and a 1.4 gig hard-drive. I empty my temp Internet files daily to keep the cookies out. The problem is that my system boots like a turtle. Do you have any suggestions? The system works good but as I stated, the pc boots very slowly.
I am a computer tech by trade, and can fix anyone’s pc but this one has me stumped, and of course, it is my pc
Thanks
Mike Christensen
Removing Spyware
There are essentially four different kinds of software: Freeware, Shareware, retail software, and Spyware.
Note: We use the term software’ as a generic term used to describe all computer programs. The word hardware’ is a generic term used to describe all computer parts.
Freeware is typically created from a hobbyist programmer who enjoys programming and offers his creations to others for free, with no strings attached.