sammsecurity

Security/Privacy
====Spyware is a term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors, usually without your own consent, like advertising, collecting your personal information, and changing the configuration of your own computer. Spyware makes changes to your computer that can be frustrating and can make your computer slow down and crash. These programs can change your Web browser's home page or search page, or add additional things or tabs to your browser that you probably don't need. It also makes it very hard for you to change your settings back to the way you had them. A trick is to install the anti-virus software during the installation of other software you want like music or a video sharing program. Whenever you install something on your computer, make sure you carefully read all instructions, like the license and privacy statement. Sometimes unwanted software in a given software installation is documented, but it commonly appears at the end of a license/privacy statement. ==== ====Spyware is not illegal. There are certain issues that a privacy oriented user may disagree to and they wont want to use the product. This usually involves tracking and sending of data and statistics via a server installed on the user's PC and the use of your Internet connection in the background. Millions of people use advertising supported "spyware" products and they don't care about the privacy hype. Some "Spyware" programs are the most popular downloads in the Internet. ====
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