No net-savvy user can underestimate the danger posed by Spyware. These malicious programs cause losses worth millions of dollars to corporates and individuals alike and huge amounts of money are spent in fighting these fast breeding threats. Spyware programs can lurk in your data, stealing crucial information like credit card numbers and personal browsing history. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. So here's a list of the most dangerous spyware doing the rounds, brought to you through FaceTime Security Labs.
The first among the many enemies is Gator. Gator is used to store the password of a site for retrieving it while visiting that particular site. You end up paying for this service by enduring frustrating pop-ups. There have been some efforts by Claria, who created Gator, to alter it for a more user friendly version but the problem hasn?t been solved as yet.
CoolWebSearch is second on the list and it has earned the reputation of being the most irksome program that has many variants. It directs the user to CoolWebSearch.com or Datanotary.com by manipulating the browser. It?s extremely tricky to uninstall and users must never try it manually.
3. 180SearchAssistant ? When you get some ?freebie? types of software like emoticons or wallpapers, this software also is given bundled along. As you install this software, it would annoy with pop-up ads or unwanted website windows related to the keyword searches that you have made earlier. The recent versions of this software, of course, comes with an option for add/remove program uninstall feature.
4. Huntbar ? Another piece of annoying software, Hunthar, manages to install a toolbar in both your internet explorer and windows explorer windows. It will also change your home page and settings for search to redirect you to their own search engine. This can be highly annoying and also consume an exorbitant memory space of over 15%.
Cydoor uses peer to peer (P2P) setup to spy on your browser history and harass you with nonstop advertisement popups. So if you exchange information between two computers often, this pesky spyware might just trip you up.
ISTbar latches on to your data through ActiveX and javascript installations. It transmits your personal browsing history to sites like my-internet.info and Blazefind.com, thus compromising your computer security.
7. WhenU-DesktopBar ?This software keeps displaying advertising contents. It will also monitor your internet traffic and spy on your search profiles. It can also execute remote codes from an outside server through its update feature that can cause harm to your computer.
8. New.Net ? Non-Standard top level domains are sold by the company called New.Net. As this is a highly annoying software, it should be removed instantaneously.
9. IEPlugin ? Another invasive software that installs a toolbar in the internet explorer, as its name implies. After installation, it will track you web site usage, create unwanted items like names, addresses etc and spy on local files that are browsed. You are strongly advised to remove this spyware.
And finally we have BargainBuddy. This notorious spyware, distributed by BullzEye Network, would plant Helper Object on the browser to spy on the user's history and data. It would familiarize itself with your popular keywords and then blast you with advertisments linked to those key searches. So the main strategy used by these spywares is to infiltrate your system, spy on your net history, grab personal data and use it to flood you with dead end advertisements and unwanted frills which cause more trouble. Now you know the enemy, just knock them out or better still, keep them out.
The first among the many enemies is Gator. Gator is used to store the password of a site for retrieving it while visiting that particular site. You end up paying for this service by enduring frustrating pop-ups. There have been some efforts by Claria, who created Gator, to alter it for a more user friendly version but the problem hasn?t been solved as yet.
CoolWebSearch is second on the list and it has earned the reputation of being the most irksome program that has many variants. It directs the user to CoolWebSearch.com or Datanotary.com by manipulating the browser. It?s extremely tricky to uninstall and users must never try it manually.
3. 180SearchAssistant ? When you get some ?freebie? types of software like emoticons or wallpapers, this software also is given bundled along. As you install this software, it would annoy with pop-up ads or unwanted website windows related to the keyword searches that you have made earlier. The recent versions of this software, of course, comes with an option for add/remove program uninstall feature.
4. Huntbar ? Another piece of annoying software, Hunthar, manages to install a toolbar in both your internet explorer and windows explorer windows. It will also change your home page and settings for search to redirect you to their own search engine. This can be highly annoying and also consume an exorbitant memory space of over 15%.
Cydoor uses peer to peer (P2P) setup to spy on your browser history and harass you with nonstop advertisement popups. So if you exchange information between two computers often, this pesky spyware might just trip you up.
ISTbar latches on to your data through ActiveX and javascript installations. It transmits your personal browsing history to sites like my-internet.info and Blazefind.com, thus compromising your computer security.
7. WhenU-DesktopBar ?This software keeps displaying advertising contents. It will also monitor your internet traffic and spy on your search profiles. It can also execute remote codes from an outside server through its update feature that can cause harm to your computer.
8. New.Net ? Non-Standard top level domains are sold by the company called New.Net. As this is a highly annoying software, it should be removed instantaneously.
9. IEPlugin ? Another invasive software that installs a toolbar in the internet explorer, as its name implies. After installation, it will track you web site usage, create unwanted items like names, addresses etc and spy on local files that are browsed. You are strongly advised to remove this spyware.
And finally we have BargainBuddy. This notorious spyware, distributed by BullzEye Network, would plant Helper Object on the browser to spy on the user's history and data. It would familiarize itself with your popular keywords and then blast you with advertisments linked to those key searches. So the main strategy used by these spywares is to infiltrate your system, spy on your net history, grab personal data and use it to flood you with dead end advertisements and unwanted frills which cause more trouble. Now you know the enemy, just knock them out or better still, keep them out.
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Susan Reynolds is the webmaster for a leading Spyware Removal Software brand. For more information visit: http://www.spywareremovaldoc.com
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