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| Anti-Trackware / Spyware Solutions... |
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| The Internet is a powerful resource and provides users with many useful things to see and do. it also has its
dark side. People may be familiar with freeware, shareware, cookies, media players, interactive content, and file sharing. What they may not
realise is that some of these may contain code or components that allow others to collect and disseminate information about those using them. They can track your surfing
habits, abuse your Internet connection by sending this data to a third party, profile your shopping preferences, hijack your browser home page and alter important
system files without your knowledge or permission. An anti-Spyware application will enable you to keep your computer free of these compromising
and intrusive threats to your privacy, which at worst could actually 'steal' your credit card details for example. |
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| A good firewall should prevent such threats, but it is important to scan for and remove any existing threats before installing the firewall and then to
scan periodically to check on the effectiveness of your firewall. |
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| SpyBot Search & Destroy (Recommended)... |
| "...can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install,
if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may
be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold
to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)" |
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| Download 'SpyBot Search & Destroy' from Spybot.info |
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| Lavasoft Ad-Aware is a FREE solution which scans your system and safely removes 'Trackerware' threats... |
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| Download 'Ad-Aware' from Lavasoft.de |
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| (The above link opens in a new window, leaving this site open in the background). |
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