Protecting your computer from spyware
Besides obvious attacks from computer viruses, computers may also be attacked or have already been invaded by more subtle programs called spyware. Although some antivirus programs can also help remove or prevent spyware infection, most of these will not be as effective as actual antispyware programs.
For this reason, I recommend all users also install a antispyware program (from a trusted source) (please do not just download any old antispyware program) on their computer.
** Many spyware, viruses, trojans and other ‘baddies’ will pop up advertisement or have sites which state that they are antispyware or antivirus program (so please ONLY download programs from trusted or reliable sources, preferably straight from the actual website of the actual software, and preferably only after you read at least a few of reviews from a few trusted sites)
One antispyware program I can recommend is SUPERAntiSpyware.
SuperAntiSpyware currently has a free and paid version, so for the budget conscious among us, you can try out the free version.
One of the most important difference between free and paid version, is that free version does not have the program running in background to protect your computer 24 x 7 against spyware. However, the free version will still allow you to update your spyware data definition file, and you can still start a manual scan using the free version (hey its free, so moving your fingers to start a manual scan should not be too much of a price to pay for free software which still works).
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