mariah26's Journal: What a Spyware can do and how to stop Spyware

Here is the list of dangerous things a spyware or ad-ware can do - a. Spyware can track your online purchase and also your credit card number. That means you are risking your security by sharing those sensitive data without your consent to someone other (maker of the malicious software). b. Some spyware logs your keystrokes and finds the password for bank account number. Yes! They can record each key that you press. c. They can send emails from your account to your email contacts to spread their clones. d. Spyware can help remote hackers hijack personal information as we mentioned before. But there is more besides credit card numbers and passwords. They can hijack even sensitive documents. e. They can easily infect exposed PCs using dial-up or broadband connections that you may be using. f. Spyware can make changes to your computer's registry entry and cause your computer to crash. g. Spyware can change your browser home page or search page and set it to something other according to their desire. h. They can install additional harmful tools without your acknowledgement. i. They can download programs from internet in background, showing no messages to you to take approval. j. Spyware can block or delete some programs from your computer. That means you can also loose data, if you are without protection. k. Spyware or ad-ware can display annoying popup ads while your are surfing according to the data that they gathered from monitoring your internet activities. l. Last but not the least, spyware can also add internet shortcuts on your favourite folders without your permission. After knowing theses, you may be thinking of the way to avoid infections by spyware! Yes you can remove them by using an efficient spyware remover.