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Viruses and worms will replicate themselves and pass from one carrier to another. They can spread on their own or after the user takes some action, like opening e-mail, running a program, etc.
Trojans get their name from the famous historical Trojan horse. Trojans can get onto your system and hide there by appearing as something else. It appears to be harmless, but contains a little something extra that the user isn’t expecting, yet it can end up deleting everything on your hard drive, or it might install or change a program.
Spyware and adware (which this article is about) will work in such a way that when you download a free picture, or wallpaper, music, movie, etc., at the same time you will be installing a program that monitors your key strokes and sends that information back to a third party via the Internet.
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Viruses and worms will replicate themselves and pass from one carrier to another. They can spread on their own or after the user takes some action, like opening e-mail, running a program, etc.
Trojans get their name from the famous historical Trojan horse. Trojans can get onto your system and hide there by appearing as something else. It appears to be harmless, but contains a little something extra that the user isn’t expecting, yet it can end up deleting everything on your hard drive, or it might install or change a program.
Spyware and adware (which this article is about) will work in such a way that when you download a free picture, or wallpaper, music, movie, etc., at the same time you will be installing a program that monitors your key strokes and sends that information back to a third party via the Internet.There are some free adware sites but you have to be VERY careful of those because a lot of them are bogus and will end up giving you spyware. They will delete the competitors but will add theirs to your computer instead.
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