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Spyware refers to type of software that if found on one's computer, will be monitoring one's activities on the computer without the understanding of the user. In most cases, the software is secretly installed into the computer, and its activities not known by the user, nevertheless it may be intentionally installed, especially in offices in the business enterprise in an attempt to monitor the activity of staff, especially on the net to be able to limit on the hours wasted on non-work activities.
The spyware software goes well beyond just monitoring what is being done on one's computer, as it is possible for the software to take count of one's personal information, like the sites on the internet that one loves to log on. It could also change some settings on the computer without your authorization. With regard to your browsing activity, the spyware could be most inconveniencing, as it would send you to sites that you did not request to load, or even slow down your internet connection speed, or even at times causing the loss of internet connection.
It has thus become necessary that you install some anti-spyware software onto your computer so that you are able to notice if at all there is some spyware activity on your computer, and this software would then eliminate the threat that was posed by the spyware by getting rid of it. This is much more necessary for those operating on the Windows operating system from Microsoft, because due to its wide spread usage the designer s of such malicious software are more knowledgeable in this type of operating system. It could also be attributed to the custom nature if the Windows operating system that allows one to modify the working f the computer and allow certain software to automatically execute their commands, and this is what some of the spyware does so as to activate itself.
The spyware software does not spread like a computer virus from one computer to another, but it gets onto ones computer by taking advantage of certain loopholes in the operating systems installed in the computers, or by deceiving the user by tricking them into putting them into their computer. This deception could b done through making you believe that you really need to install the software, as it would help your computer in a given way, such as improving browsing speeds, and at this time, one rarely suspects any malicious activity in the offing.
