The number one concern of spyware is to steal all the information it can about you. The creeps who use this stuff want all your personal and financial information so they can get rich off of it. Rarely are they concerned about wrecking your computer even though spyware certainly will cause problems with it if it is left alone. However, it is the virus program writers do want to ruin your computer.

Today, it is not necessary to have both a virus scanner and a spyware scanner. In fact, when both programs are installed, the tend to get in each others way and slow down your computer’s operations. However, you should make sure you have an antivirus or spyware program installed that will take care of all the problematic spyware and viruses around today.

You do however, want to have a spyware scanner or a virus scanner installed on your computer that will protect it against the spyware and viruses we will discuss in this article. We will also, talk about the horrible things these parasites can do to your computer.

Spyware and Adware

Spyware is a type of software that sneaks its way onto your computer with the intent of stealing sensitive information from you. Some types will get your social security number, passwords and banking information. Adware, on the other hand is usually more concerned with figuring what it is you want to buy.

Malicious software is what is meant when we say “malware.” Some of these parasites we call malware are what we know as viruses and others are types are spyware. Some of the popular malware today that you should make sure you are protected from are browser hijackers, phishing software, rootkits, bots, keyloggers and trojans.

Rootkits, worms and trojans are types of viruses. Keyloggers, browser hijackers, phishing ware and bots are types of spyware. It is spyware that is most times is interested in stealing your personal information.

Many of these parasites work together. For instance, a rootkit will mask a worm so it will be able to enter into your computer at the root or administration level. Once there, a worm will enter into your most important start up files. This worm as worms do, will replicate itself over and over again and in time can end up rendering your computer inoperable.

What Spyware Leaves Behind

The fact antispyware and antivirus programs are both not needed on the same computer would lead you to believe you only need one kind of protection software to keep your computer running fast and error free. Well, really this is not entirely true. Malware, once it is removed leaves residue in the way of registry corruption. In fact, when any software is removed from or altered on your computer, registry corruption is left behind.

So, to get the best performance out of your computer, you should have registry cleaner installed as well as a spyware/virus cleaner. A registry cleaner should be run after any type of spyware or virus is removed because corruption will make a computer behave in a similar fashion to the way it acts when it has spyware. It will make your computer slow down and be prone to errors and crashes.

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