Many people use the word ‘Virus’ to generically describe any computer nasties but viruses can be broken down into a couple of categories, Viruses & Spyware.
Viruses, I’ll describe in another post but Spyware is possibly more dangerous and more prevalent. You contract a spyware in much the same way as a virus, ie – browsing the wrong sites, opening email attachments, usb sticks, etc.. They typically manifest themselves by popping up adverts automatically when you’re browsing the internet which is harmless but annoying and will slow down the pc if unchecked.
More worringly you can get hold of a spyware program that can set itself up to log whatever site you visit and whatever you type then send a report back to the writer giving him more info that you’d be comfortable with!
The good news is that like all of these spamss, viruses and spywares, you can prevent them easily and cheapily. Heres a couple of excellent free programs do deal with Spyware specifically:
Remember, no anti-virus or spyware program is any use unless you keep it updated.
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