Spyware

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This paper examines how spyware and its often less harmful counterpart, adware, can be a serious threat to the security and performance of any computer and how spyware can cost personal computer users and businesses alike valuable time and money. It looks at how there are many avenues that can be explored to help combat this problem, including choosing the most spyware-combative operating systems and web-browsing programs.

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"In fact, even moderate spyware infections will, in most cases, cause a decrease in system performance that may exceed 50 percent, as well as stability issues that will cause computers to crash often and make it difficult to connect to the internet. (Simon) "Spyware also consumes memory and system resources. Because it constantly phones home to deliver user information and then sends back more pop-ups, banner ads and the like, spyware uses up valuable corporate bandwidth. Adding insult to injury, many spyware programs store their unwanted advertisements on the user's own hard drive." (Martin) More serious spyware can be frighteningly invasive."

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