The only way to get rid of spyware or adware is to download an adware remover. Adware is one of many "malwares" or malicious software programs that are unknowingly installed on your computer when you surf online sites and download free stuff, such as wallpaper, desktop backgrounds, and music, software, and now videos. When you download these programs for free, they normally come with what is known as adware. This means they install additional stuff onto your computer, without you knowing it, so they can track what you are doing and where you are going. Scary, huh? If you want it removed, you need to download an adware remover.
These types of programs are a rapidly growing threat to all computer systems. It is estimated that in the first three months of 2005 over 80% of personal computer users had some type of malware or adware software program running on their computer, without their knowledge or consent.
Although it is much less a threat to your computer and information than spyware is, what adware will do is cause pop up banners and advertisements to appear on your computer. These are the ones that just show up out of no where. The reason they show up is dependent upon the site you are looking at. Or, they may be set on a timer, and they popup at scheduled times. What the people who place this type of adware software on you computer say is that adware advertising and purchases help them to recover costs and allow them to offer you the free stuff you want.
What you want to do to stop adware from appearing on your computer is to first download an adware remover. Run this program on demand regularly, with longest time being a week between scans. Along with an anti-adware software program run your regular computer virus scan, as well as a registry scan on demand also.
To further increase your computer protection, you can raise the security of your personal computer as high as you want. At the highest level, you prevent any softwares from installing or even dropping cookies on your computer. The downside of this level is it will limit the amount of sites you can visit.
When you download this free stuff, you normally click the accept button before the installation takes place. This is where it states there may be adware (maybe not in those words) also installed on your computer. No one ever reads that stuff, so we just click accept and keep going. In reality, we have just agreed to let the program install that junk on our computer.
The best way to protect yourself is by not downloading any of this free stuff, unless it specifically says it is adware free. And the second line of defense is to download an adware remover, and run this periodically.
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