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What is Spyware? While the actual definition of what constitutes Spyware is somewhat vague, here is the most common definition: “a program that sends information from your computer to another destination on the Internet without your knowledge and without your explicit consent.”

How did I get them? Spyware is installed “piggy backed” along with popular programs downloaded from the internet. The reason they do this is because the Spyware companies pay these software companies for every install of the Spyware onto a user’s computer.

Why is spyware annoying?

- Violates your privacy
- SLOWs down your computer
- SLOWs down your network connection
- Redirects home page and Popups (not always)

Ad-Aware is one of the most well known Spyware removal tools. Here are a few of its advantages:

Extremely easy to use
Ad-aware employs the familiar one-button scan mechanism seen in most popular anti-virus packages, and as such will feel familiar to most users.

Auto update
An auto-update feature included with the latest version

Much faster then other Spyware removal utilities
In combination with the new scanning engine, Ad-Aware will scan your computer noticeably faster and more thoroughly than ever before!

And, it’s... free
Ad-Aware Personal edition is free for non-commercial use.

Where do I download it? You can check this out at http://www.lavasoftusa.com.