Spyware
Is it a virus?
No, anti-virus software doesn’t detect it. Is it illegal? Not in
Cyberspace. Is it a violation of privacy? Yes, yes, yes. Who asked for
my permission?
There are several excellent programs for removing these invaders.
Ad-Aware is
one of the best products for removing all of the spy-ware. It is free
and works on all versions of Windows.
Pest Patrol detects and deletes
Pests. Pests are usually found in your cookies folder. These programs
are more aggressive invaders. They are loaded on your machine when you
get “free” software for downloading music, gaming on-line, or even check
out the current weather.
Pests can hijack your machine. They can change the home page for your
Internet browser to their web site and add additional buttons to your
Internet Explorer tool bar.
