Why You Should Get Rid Of Spyware From Your PC
Do you suspect that your computer has spyware on it? Feel like someone is spying on you and want to steal your credit card number or passwords of important websites you are a member of? If you don’t feel that and think that spyware is not that dangerous then think again. In this article you will find out why spyware is dangerous and why you should learn how to get rid of spyware as soon as possible.
Have you noticed lately that your computer is running slowly and there are programs on your computer that you didn’t give permission to them to be installed? These sign make you suspect that you may have spyware on your computer. Spyware can record every key you hit on your keyboard then send all the information to the one who designed it. Now he can find out your passwords, credit card number, the websites you surf and many other things, almost every activity you do on your PC. This is enough to make you really suffer.
So if you don’t feel that slowing down of your system is not dangerous enough then think of the private information about you that could be stolen. You may lose all the money in your credit card, lose accounts of important websites you are a member of, emails of your friends … etc
The bad thing about spyware is that you may not notice them as they don’t ask for permission to work on your system. So you may be forced by spyware to use programs other than those you use without knowing why this happens and who changed the programs you used to work on. If you are using a dial up connection spyware can be designed to use your phone line and make free calls by the spyware designer and you pay the bill of calls you never made.
Spyware is very popular problem, millions of people every year suffer from identity theft. It is popular as too many people tend to download free software from unsecure websites. Some examples for these free software are screen savers, free games, toolbars and many other free things. Once you install the free software on your system a spyware is installed with it on the system.
So why getting rid of spyware is very important?
1- It makes your system slow down when doing even simple tasks.
2- It crashes some of the programs you already have on your PC.
3- Some strange programs will be installed on your PC and run pop-ups automatically, spy on you when you are shopping.
4- Your emails are exposed to be read by the one who controls the spyware
5- The emails of your friends will be out there in the hands of the spyware designer and may use them to bombard their emails with spam ads.
6- Recoding the keys you hit on your keyword could be the most dangerous thing.
7- You may lose all the money in your credit card.
8- Stealing your passwords could lead to losing all the account you took month or years to open and make relations with other people that you not be able contact again.
I think that you are convinced now that once you suspect having spyware on your system you should do your best to get rid of them as fast as possible.
The author also share information with people about how to get rid of adware and how to get rid of spyware.
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