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Spyware is hidden programs that unbeknownst to you, download themselves into your operating system along with your intentional downloads. Mainly entering your computer via freeware and shareware, they can harm your PC as well as your personal life as they record your every movement on the computer in addition to sometimes having the ability to scan files in your hard drive. All of this secretly obtained information is reported back to the Spyware originator through the program and can lead to an overload of junk mail in your email boxes as well as claiming your identity through the personal information it retrieves off your PC. (more…)

We all hate spammers, right? How many times did you see spam with unrelated links on your favorite forums? I bet you see it often. Sometimes you also receive bogus e-mails or instant messages containing malicious links from your buddies or complete strangers. You are very lucky, if you don’t.

So, who sends all that spam? What a simple question! Bogus e-mails are sent by spammers or their viruses, forum spam is posted by some people, and instant messaging spam is generated by widely spread parasites. All this is true. But sometimes it can be you who sends out spam.

No, this doesn’t mean you are a spammer! What I want to say is that latest parasites can turn you into one without your knowledge and consent.

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If you had a complete knowledge of what most spyware was doing to your system, you would never agree to install it. So how does it end up installed on so many PCs? Here are some of the dirty tricks that spyware uses to worm its way onto your system and stay there. (Not all spyware uses every technique.) (more…)