Spyware Information

Protect Your Privacy and Identity

Spyware can infect home and business computers and U3 smart drives unknowingly when you surf the Internet or share files. Difficult to find and hard to remove, spyware can steal confidential information resulting in identity theft and credit card fraud.

Spyware symptoms and characteristics include the following:

• Popup ads - intrusive display of advertisements
• Keyloggers - records your personal data
• Browser hijackers - can change the settings of your web browser
• Remote influence - use, influence or control your computer remotely
• Unsolicited files - attempts are made to download and install files on your computer
• Shutdown or disable - threats that disable programs or processes
• Unauthorized phone calls - malware that can make calls via the phone modem
• Security flaw exploits - takes advantage of system or network flaws for remote access
• Internet connection floods - interrupt or temporarily disable an Internet connection
• Threat proliferation - threats that spread quickly and easily from computer to computer
• Tracking - tracks your Internet activity and can send this information remotely
• Installation - software that installs on your machine without your consent
• Uninstallation - difficulties with uninstallation and removing software
• Privacy and Consent - improper disclosure of potential privacy risks

In many cases these programs hog system resources and monopolize processing time. This results in poor computer performance and can cause programs to crash or behave unexpectedly. You can find additional information online here: http://www.paretologic.com/resources/characteristics.aspx

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