Introduction To Adware & Spyware

Spyware and Adware are exactly what their names implies. They are merely software that gets implanted on your computer that spies on your activity and then serves you ads (usually in the form of pop-ups) associated with the content you are viewing.
For instance, let’s say you are shopping for shoes and visit a famous shoe store website. The “spyware” or “adware” sees you are shopping for shoes, and then pops up an advertisement for shoes. The makers of these malicious programs make money from the ads from the advertisers, who often do not realize how their ads are being served!
But it goes far beyond just advertising. Some spyware programs can monitor every keystroke you make on your computer… collecting all of this information such as logins and passwords and then seamlessly sends this information back to them via YOUR email client all without you knowing. Pretty scarey eh?
Is there something you can do about it? Thankfully yes! Let’s discuss a few ways you can protect yourself.