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Spyware is any software that:

• is installed on your computer without your knowledge or consent, or
• tries to make it difficult (or impossible) for you to remove it, or
• sends information about you, your computer, your files or your Internet use to someone without your knowledge or consent, or
• sends information about you and discloses this to you in an obfuscated way

A lot of the danger of spyware is obvious -- companies can build databases about the sites you visit and the things you search for, people can watch everything you do on your computer, advertisers can shove pop-ups in your face even when you're not surfing, and hackers can even wreck your computer.

Some computers can even be rendered unusable by spyware, so slow and unstable to do any work on them. Due to the hiding or hibernating quality of the Spyware, one does not even realize the true cause of this sluggish performance. Spyware can disrupt your Internet connection also.

With these concerns and many others too numerous to list here, spyware is considered dangerous with a power to harm your computer and invade your privacy.

Fight Spyware

Just like in dealing with viruses, there are a number of easy steps you can take to make it harder for spyware to get onto your computer in the first place. These are:

• Don't install free software, or software from people or companies you don't know or trust
• If your browser opens a window asking you to install a plug-in, say "No" unless you absolutely trust the company that made the plug-in
• If you get an e-mail with an attachment in it, don't open the attachment unless it's safe (e.g. a document or a spreadsheet, not a program)

These steps are very important for anyone, because they will protect against most viruses in addition to most spyware.

How Anti-Spyware Works

Disabling spyware is more difficult than it might seem. Many spyware programs have advanced "satellites," little programs that hide on your computer and will reinstall the spyware if it is deleted. Even if the anti-spyware is advanced enough to catch the satellite too, many of the most serious spyware now use technology to lock their files, preventing deletion or causing them to be reinstalled by Windows itself, outside the power of anti-spyware, when your computer restarts.

The technology behind anti-spyware has to be as complex as the spyware itself in order to counteract the aggressive methods used by spyware, and anti-spyware's fingerprint databases must be comprehensive and always up-to-date in order to catch everything that could be on your computer. Combating spyware is a hard problem, and like many hard problems it can be made simple through advanced technology.