How It Can Happen To You
There are several ways that this type of spyware can make it onto your computer. For starters, you’ll want to monitor the pop up ads that you respond to offered throughout the web.
We’ve already talked about how potentially dangerous they are. But, even when they seem to be anything but dangerous or may seem to be helpful, they are anything but.
Some of these fake anti spyware and adware programs used banner ads all over the web. You clicked on those ads and within a few seconds you were directed to another website which encouraged you to purchase programs that were anti spyware or anti adware programs. The problem is that they weren’t.
In some cases, they were just other programs that took a couple of dollars from your pocket claiming to be offering you some sort of protection.
Then, there were other types that actually were promising to provide your computer with anti virus protection.
Some used promises of protection against spyware and adware, claiming to be a full fledge software application for protection.
Others claimed to be registry cleaners that would offer a service to you.
All of these spyware programs can be lumped together under the term “rogue software,” as they are commonly called.
Some of these programs were able to lure a person into downloading them. Others were actually designed to install just through a few clicks through a website.
To help you to get the protection you need, we’ve listed some of the worst of these anti anti-spyware programs here. You can find more information about any of these programs online.
Most of them have been disabled and many of the better anti spyware and anti adware programs have updated definitions to protect against these programs. Some do not, though.
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