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Has a virus or spyware infected your computer? With the use of the Internet and the frequent exchange of data between computers, viruses and spyware are spreading faster than ever. The only way to prevent their spread is through public awareness of safe computing and up to date antivirus software. Under normal circumstances, a virus becomes active when you execute a program that contains the virus. For instance, if you download a program from the Internet and it is infected with a virus, the virus will attack your computer when you run the program. Viruses are everywhere. Although rare, viruses have even been found in commercial shrink-wrapped software. The trigger that activates the virus can be almost anything. For instance, the virus can be activated the minute it is installed. On the other hand, it may initiate its dirty work the next time you start your computer. In many cases, a virus resides inside your computer in an inactive state, waiting for a certain event to happen. Like having a physical virus in your body, you can have a virus in your computer system and not even know it. A virus can wait patiently in your system and attack only on a certain date. Of course, in the time between the moment you contracted the virus and the time it made itself known to you, you may have innocently spread the virus to others. If your computer is infected we can help! We have experience removing all types of viruses, we can disinfect your computer and have it back to working order quickly and effectively.
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Spyware Spyware is such a broad term that even the definition of this computer plague is very vague. So, what is spyware? The best definition out there is given by Wikipedia: "Spyware is a broad category of malicious software intended to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the user's informed consent." Thus, spyware has come to mean not only the "software that spies on you," but also the software that performs other kinds of abuses and annoyances, outside the traditional virus-and-worm world. For example, displaying unwanted ads is a primary purpose of "adware," which is often categorized as a type of spyware. In fact, some people even extend the definition to cover browser cookies, relatively innocuous pieces of text used by websites for user tracking. While Viruses are usually written and launched for someone’s fun. Spyware is usually written for somebody's direct monetary benefit, often in the form of good old cash. This aspect is one of the keys to the dramatic rise of spyware. |
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