Adware is short for advertising software and it is a malicious program that is installed onto your computer for it’s programers’ gain. Almost everyone who has the internet at home has experienced this troublesome and annoying problem.

Have you ever been brosing the internet and all of a sudden a pop-up advertisement appears on your screen that is completely unrelated to the website or content you’re reading? That’s adware. You must remember though, that when you try to close this window by clicking the “x” button, you may be giving the program the “go ahead” to install more harmful adware onto your computer!

Spyware is another malicious software that is aimed at corrupting your PC, like adware. Short for spy-software, this program invades your computer, once installed, and allows its users to track your internet browsing patterns, music, pictures and even your personal passwords!

Once these two malicious programs have been installed onto your PC (and you won’t really know about it until the problem’s severe) they will take up lots of memory space on your hard drive and slow your computer down.

Over time, if you don’t have anti-spyware and anti-adware protection, your computer will run slower and slower and eventually crash. This means that you’ll lose all data, pictures and whatever else you have saved on your computer for good.

There are two main ways to combat and get rid of adware and spyware programs. The first way is to take it to a local PC repair or electronics store where they will be able to remove the malicious software or sell you a new hard drive and install it. This probably isn’t the best move though, as it’ll cost you a pretty penny and is also fairly time consuming.

A cheaper and faster way is to download an anti-adware and anti-spyware software package from the internet. Most of these software packages will get rid of both spyware and adware for you. What it will do is simply scan your computer for spyware and adware and then delete it for you. It’ll also stop anyone from trying to install adware and spyware onto your computer ever again.

Once you get rid of spyware and adware you will notice that your computer will be running faster right away. Even if you don’t have an anti-spyware and anti-adware software package installed right now, your PC is most likely already infested with adware and spyware without you even knowing.

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