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February 18th, 2009 | 
Author: Adware can be a right menace. It at times contains hidden ’spyware’ to track, report and sell your activities on the internet!
You may have experienced it for yourself in the form of those advertising banners that pop up when you open some software programs or websites.
What you may not understand is that some of these advertising banners also contain ’spyware’, to track,report and sometimes “steal” your personal information and also check where you go on the internet and sell that information to marketing companies who can then try to sell YOU products and services that fit your displayed interests – all without your permission.
Something which maybe attatched to adware programs is malware which can actually disrupt the function of your computer and the software you have loaded on that computer.
If you browse the web, read email, download programs or software online or use music sharing programs, you probably have more adware on your computer than you can imagine.
Adware programs include Hotbar, 123Messenger, Ebates Moneymaker, Gator, Bonzi Buddy, Slotchbar, ClipGenie, WinTools,and many others.
In an attempt to protect the consumer, many companies have made software available (some as shareware for no fee) to load onto your computer and detect and remove adware, spyware and malware. Major service providers like AOL are now offering their own version of adware blockers and/or adware removal and spyware removal protection and programs, free to their customers as part of their services.
Programs like Microsoft’s ‘Windows Defender’, and AOL’s ‘Automatic Spyware Protection’ adware and spyware removal tools are designed to monitor your computer for these hidden programs, remove or block the programs and advise you when they find a problem.
Other free anti-adware, independent adware removers and spyware removers include programs like Spybot, Spyware Blaster, CounterSpy, Max Secure, Xoft Spy, Spy Sweeper, NoAdware and Spyware Nuker. The features and protection of these programs vary so it is important to look at what they do and how easy they are to load and use before you choose one for your computer.
What you will find is that some give you broader coverage and detect more types or versions of adware or spyware, while others are just simpler to use for a computer novice.
A program like Xoft Spy will detect a broad spectrum of threats from Trojans, and worms, to annoying pop-ups, pop-overs and pop-unders.
The next time you turn on your machine after your removal program has completed the clean-up process, you will sometimes find an error message or window telling you that your computer can’t find a particular file it needs to reference in order to load a program. Even worse, are the files these spyware programs may share with important Windows programs. If an anti-spyware program identifies these, it will usually ignore them and leave them on your computer, because it has been programmed to recognize the files you need to run Windows and other legitimate software applications.
Unless you are expert or skilled at the use of computers and know a bit about software, do NOT attempt to remove individual files on your own, even if you think they are related to a spyware or adware program, or you may end up with a computer that doesn’t work.
Fortunately, there is hope! If you, or an adware or spyware program, have made a mess of your machine and you wish to ’start over’, you can use the System Restore function in your Windows operating system to restore your machine to a date before the adware first corrupted your machine.
Dave Burton
www.discount-notebooks.net
Dave resides from London England is a former engineer who is now moving into the motor trade and computer technology ,and also the owner of the web site http://www.discount-notebooks.net
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When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally and serves its purpose. Here is the second of ten important rules of thumb to make sure your website performs well.
Do not use excessive banner advertisements
There’s nothing more off putting than being greeted by a wall of advertising banners when you enter a website. It practically screams “I only want you to visit my site so I can make money off of you”.
Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements, so you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead, provide more valuable content and weave relevant affiliate links into that content. Let your visitors feel that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy.
You can do this a number of ways. For example, having a “for more information please visit…” box tied to an affiliate link is probably the simplest. That way, you’re doing visitors a favor and pointing them in the direction of something that can help. The fact that it might make you some money becomes a secondary issue.
Installing Google AdSense on your site is another. These small, classified ad. type advertisements offer visitors information based on keywords found on your website. Every time someone clicks on the ad., you get paid. They’re a good way to monetize non-sales websites – blogs, for example.
Shaun Pearce is a video maker and webmaster. You can find out more about running a website at http://www.yourwebsiteacademy.com
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