On January 22, 2010, In Anti Virus, by Mimin
Today’s Internet is hardly a safe environment. Viruses, Trojan horses, spyware and adware are just a few threats to mention. There are components that hijack your home page and replace it with something else, and there are those that replace your favorite search engine with the spammers’ one. Some of the threats even act as [...]
On December 4, 2009, In Anti Virus, by Mimin
Spyware is designed to intercept or take control over the interaction you have with your computer without your consent. Spyware collects personal information (in addition to your passwords and surfing patterns, good spyware can also get credit card and bank information), redirects your browser (I inadvertently downloaded spyware one time that would send me to [...]