Spyware And How Its Slowing Down Your Computer

Posted by Cappadonna on Monday, August 23, 2010

By Bob Logan

Why should you be worried about spyware? That's actually a really good question. See, spyware is a form of malware that is used to log information on someone without them knowing. Some of the most common things that are logged are things like usernames, passwords, credit card information and even bank account information. Malware is software that is also installed on a users computer without them knowing but is designed to damage your computer (this is why the mal in malware stands for malicious). Since spyware is a piece of software that runs in the background of your computer, it will take up your computers resources and this leads to it slowing down your computer.

Since spyware is a piece of software that runs in the background of your computer without you even knowing about it, it eats up your computers resources and this will slow down your computer in time. I personally use two different pieces of software to prevent spyware from harming my computer. One is used to prevent spyware from ever getting into my computer, kind of like a guard and the other is used to scan and remove all spyware that managed to get passed the guard.

The first is called MalwareBytes Anti Malware and is a free program. Once you have installed it on your computer perform a full scan to fully scan your hard drive. I highly recommend doing this as it will go through each and every single file on your computer individually to make sure that it is not infected. Once a full scan is done and you plan on doing another scan in the future, quick scan will be sufficient. There is only one downside to using the free version of this software- you have to manually update it by clicking on the update button. If you are interested just do a Google search for them.

The other piece of software that I use is called Spyware Blaster and it's main purpose is to protect my computer by preventing malware and spyware from getting into my computers hard drive. I want you to notice the difference: one program that I use is used to scan and eliminate malware/spyware and the other tries to prevent it from ever coming in like a guard. All you have to do s to just download and install the program and it will automatically provide you with full protection. This is also another program that you are going to have to manually update.

See what most people fail to realize is that your computer can easily become infected if you don't have the proper protection and those infections can become fatal to your data and even your computer hardware in the long run.

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