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How to detect spyware on your computer
Is your computer running slower than usual? Does something seem odd or weird on your computer? Well your computer may be suffering from spyware, a electronic infection distributed through the internet, designed to extract information from your computer and just mess with your files. Of course you don't want this happening, so you need to do various things to clean up this infection.

What to do if your computer is infected with a virus or spyware
"Warning! Virus detected!" Ok, now what? The good news is that you probably have anti-virus software installed already, which is why you would have any chance of knowing that a virus was on your computer in the first place. If you don't have anti-virus software installed, and you sixth sense kicked in, then the removal process is similar.

Preventing spyware infection: Safe browsing tips
Spyware serves no useful purpose for the typical consumer using their PC at home. It is used in the majority of the cases to either try to target ads based on your browsing habits and/or steal your private information to be passed onto others where it will be used to cause you more harm, either on your PC or through stealing of your identity or bank account information.

Is Your Computer Running Slower Than Usual?
If your computer has started running slower and slower, you may want to use one of the adware removal programs. Adware is unwanted files that are put on your PC by publishers and marketers who want to see what you search for and what you purchase. Advertising mediums on the Internet such as banners and pop-ups include additional codes that tract your personal information without your permission or knowledge and pass it on to a third party. These programs have also been called spyware, because they use an Internet backchannel connection. A backchannel connection is when a user's Internet connection is running in the background without the user's knowledge.

Spyware - now a problem for Mac users as well
Fortunately for the Mac users, the Adware and Spyware industry is still, as of 2005, heavily focused on the PC users. Adware and Spyware developers are particularly fond of targeting PC users through DILLs and ActiveX controls, and can therefore only attack computers running Windows. This does not mean that Mac users are completely blessed from Spyware and Adware. There are several Spyware and Adware software capable of infesting Mac, and every Mac user should take a look at the Adware and Spyware removal programs available for mac. In 2005, Symantec caused a lot of hullabaloo in the Macintosh community when they warned the mac users about how the OS X operating system was rapidly becoming a target for virus developers and hackers. Symantec ...