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SpyWare Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

SpyWare Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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A. Spyware can compromise your privacy and provide others with information about you and your laptop habits without your advantage. Keylogger spyware can capture your keystrokes and send it to a 3rd birthday celebration. This may expose your user IDs and passwords to thieves. Other spyware include trojans which allow someone to log into your laptop remotely and use it to send spam or launch malicious attacks on other computers on the Internet, making it appear like you are at fault.

A. Just like your anti-virus program, you would like to update the spyware signature files in your anti-spyware program so that it will catch new spyware guides. If you already have antispyware software, go into your spyware program and see if it has a method to update these files. Or you can install CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006 for a free trial, and see what spyware your program is missing. Visit http://www.virus.ca/anti-spyware-download.asp

These guides can also produce pop-up ads for pornography, add bookmarks to Internet Explorer's Favorites folder, and can even redirect users to porn websites when they mistype URLs.

A. Spyware often arrives via an automatic download from a domain you are surfing. If you download freeware or shareware software, spyware will be embedded in the installation process. Spyware can also download on to your laptop through email attachments.

Q: What is spyware?

A: They small files or are pieces of information that are placed in your web browser to track web habits. Cookies are often useful; seeing that a web site can track that you've visited it before and let you enter the site without a registration process. Cookies are also used to keep track of your progress through a web store. They are also used to customize website ads to your likes and dislikes. Some cookies will be considered spyware.

Q: How does spyware get into my laptop?

Category 7-10 Very High
Category 5-7 High
Category three-5 Moderate
Category 1-three Low

Because CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006 works with other spyware software, it's easy to run a test, and let CyberDefender catch the spyware your other anti-spyware is missing. It's like insurance and will provide an additional layer of protection. Or if you don't already have a spyware program, install one among the various free anti-spyware guides such as Microsoft's free anti-spyware program. Then run scans using every single program. CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006 will most likely catch more spyware.

A: Webopedia's definition of Spyware is as follows: Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her advantage, normally for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are typically bundled as a hidden component of freeware or shareware guides that will be downloaded from the Internet; however, it should be noted that the majority of shareware and freeware applications don't come with spyware. Once installed, the spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else. Spyware can also gather information about your e-mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers. For an complete document visit http://www.virus.ca

Q: What is a cookie?

A. If a spyware program is very obvious, for example; if it adds itself to your menu bar and be found listed in your Add/Remove Programs list in the Windows Control Panel. Click START, then Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs and look for a program that you don't recognize. Sometimes it is obvious....such as "XXX dialer." Simply use the Add/Remove Programs feature to remove it.

Q: Is there a way that I can delete spyware manually?

A: Threat Central ranks threats from one to ten according to its Universal Severity Scale Threats rated above five are considered viruses while threats ranked beneath five are considered spyware or adware.

Viruses rated by CyberDefender's Universal Severity Scale at seven to ten are considered Very High risk and very dangerous. Typically these viruses log user activity and current a high risk of data and system destroy. These types of threats are difficult to contain and extremely difficult to remove. They often use unauthorized, invisible installation, and in addition to logging keyboard activity and taking system snapshots, these Very High risk viruses have the ability to disable anti-virus and anti-virus firewall guides, open conversation ports, and send confidential user data to remote servers.

Q: How do I know if my laptop has spyware?

Adware can also be seen on your browser content in what is known as pop-ups. Spyware gathers information about your computing habits.

A: These are slang terms for Hijackers, or applications that will change your browser abode page, your default search engine and even redirect you away from websites you are trying to reach. Though the term hijacker sounds like one person is behind it all, nowadays, there are many scams involving Browser hijackers, which are malicious guides.

Q: How can I be sure that my laptop never gets spyware?

Q: What's the difference among Adware and Spyware?

A: Adware is an application that pops up advertisement banners or windows at random.

Q: What is a "jacker" or a "switcher?"

Q: I have a spyware remover program but I don't assume it has removed a specific spyware program on my laptop. What should I do?

Q. Is there anything I can do to stop spyware?

A: Typical symptoms of spyware include a slower laptop than ordinary. If your laptop without notice starts to run really slow, when it never used to, then it may be infected with spyware. Spyware often hogs system resources including the memory and hard disk space, so your laptop slows down. Another symptom is if you get popups on sites where you didn't get them before. To find out, do a Google search. If you get a pop up then you almost certainly have adware or spyware - seeing that Google does not have popups. Another symptom is when your web browser's homepage is hijacked when you go online. If your browser is without notice redirected to a unusual website, it's most likely spyware.

Q. Why is spyware considered dangerous?

A. To protect your laptop from spyware, don't download guides by companies you are not familiar with. Don't download illegal pirated software. Avoid shareware and freeware. Set your browser security to HIGH. Use CyberDefender's Internet Security Toolbar by touring http://www.virus.ca/anti-spyware-download.asp Its Safe Search feature will protect you when surfing the Internet. Last, on your Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options > then the Security tab and transfer the slider to MEDIUM or preferably HIGH. But know that it's possible you'll block access to a couple of websites you would like to see. Ultimately your most worthy wager is to get an anti-spyware program and scan your system regularly.

A: To verify even if your CyberDefender program is working please look at the bottom right hand side of your laptop screen. In the icon tray you will need to find the CyberDefender icon which is a blue circle with the alphabet C inscribed inside it. If you don't find this in the icon tray look for it on the Desktop and double click on it to start the program. If you don't see it on the desktop or in the icon tray then you don't have the program installed. Please proceed to www.cyberdefender.com to download and install the program.

Q: How do I know CyberDefender Antispyware 2006 is working?

CyberDefender Universal Severity Scale

A: There are many anti-spyware guides on the market nowadays; however, CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006 catches spyware the others miss. Plus, CyberDefender's patented technology monitors your laptop invariably, using patented early defense technology. Every PC on the CyberDefender network is on the lookout for suspicious files and reports them to Threat Central - http://www.virus.ca/anti-spyware-download.asp Lightning-quick updating ensures you are protected from new cyber-attacks faster than any other anti-spyware software. AntiSpyware 2006 is compatible with all other major anti-spyware products.

Q: How does the CyberDefender Threat Central work?

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