Don’t Use The Internet Without Spyware Protection!

In a 2005 study conducted by AOL (America Online) in conjunction with the National Cyber-Security Alliance, 61 percent of the computers that were surveyed had spyware and 92 percent of the surveyed users’ computers had no idea of it presence. 91 percent of these had not given permission for the spyware installation. That was 2005; can you imagine what the statistics are today? In fact, by 2006, spyware became of the preeminent security threats of systems running Windows operating systems. As a result of these threats, anti-spyware has been considered as one of the primary elements of security and most security products have some of a spyware checker in them.

If you are a computer user and no doubt use it either for casual internet browsing, emails or as a business tool, you must take this seriously; get a product (free or paid) that offers the needed security. There are many free spyware checker tools on the internet that are downloadable. However, the problem with free software is that it often lacks the needed updates and the accompanying technical support, things you cannot do without in the internet security field. Any security compromise can mean loss of data as well as denial of service alerts which can prove disastrous in some professional fields. You therefore need an effective commercial spyware checker. The field of spyware is dynamic and new spyware is more advanced and former removal techniques are quickly getting obsolete. Even your efforts to avoid getting infected will be fruitless. This is because the way spyware gets installed will usually prove elusive even to the most advanced user.

Since some companies supposedly offering free programs are many, you may not be aware that such programs usually come bundled with spyware. When you install the application, the spyware component is also installed as well. Legally, the company is allowed to do that as long as they disclose it on the end-user license agreement. But honestly, how many people the agreement. I know I don’t. The legal jargon is simply too exhausting to bother reading it through and the simple thing is simply to hit the ‘install’ button and get on with it. The only way to be sure if a free program has a spyware component is to have a spyware checker.

If you’re looking for a good (FREE) Anti-Virus program, Spybot Search & Destroy is the ticket. This program is 100% FREE and performs as well as the paid software packages. You can download it from www.safer-networking.org/en/download/.

A spyware checker will also do more than check for spyware in legit programs. Some companies will try to trick their users into installing spyware by popping up error windows while in essence the goal is to get the user to click a button and initiate the installation sequence. A spyware checker will effectively detect these attempts and warn the user of possible spyware. As the foregoing has showed, you definitely need a spyware checker regardless of your surfing habits.

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