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Virus, Spyware & Adware Removal |
Viruses,
spware, adware, trojans and other malware
are small programs which run on your computer.
Usually, they are installed on your computer
without your knowledge simply by looking
at an infected web page. They can cause
various problems e.g. causing pop-ups when
you are on the internet, sending you to
unfamiliar web pages or may be sending information
on your computer or surfing habits to a
third party.
They
can also cause more obvious problems by
slowing your computer down to a crawl or
making surfing the internet almost impossible.
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What are the risks from each threat? |
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- May cause
your computer to behave abnormally
- Your computer
may crash frequently
- Your computer
may be sending out infected e-mails to
all the entries in your address book
- Your personal
information may be at risk Files
may be destroyed or corrupted
- The performance
of your computer may be severely downgraded
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- Tracks
your internet usage and transfers this
information to its home base
- Secretly
gathers information from your computer
and relays it to interested parties
- May cause
your browser to crash
- Browser
Start Page may change to an unfamiliar
one
- May cause
system instability due to spyware using
a lot of system resources and memory
- 'Keystroke
Recording' which can look for sequences
like Credit Card numbers
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- Tracks
your internet usage and transfers this
information to its home base
- Secretly
gathers information from your computer
and relays it to interested parties
- May cause
your browser to crash
- Browser
Start Page may change to an unfamiliar
one
- May cause
system instability due to spyware using
a lot of system resources and memory
- 'Keystroke
Recording' which can look for sequences
like Credit Card numbers
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- Intrusive
software placed on your computer without
your knowledge
- Mostly
hostile which can compromise your computers
security
- Includes
viruses, spyware, crimeware, trojans,
adware
- To
remove malware, a combination of programs
is run to remove all threats
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