enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spybot_–_Search_&_Destroy

   Spybot – Search & Destroy ( S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software . Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish ...

3. Adware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware

   Adware that observes the computer user's activities without their consent and reports it to the software's author is called spyware. Adwares may collect the personal information of the user, causing privacy concerns. However, most adware operates legally and some adware manufacturers have even sued antivirus companies for blocking adware.

4. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy-invasive_software

   These fake tools claimed to remove spyware, but instead installed their own share of adware and spyware on unwitting users' computers. Sometimes even accompanied by the functionality to remove adware and spyware from competing vendors. Anti-Spyware has become a new area of online vending with fierce competition.

5. Spyware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

   Like most anti-virus software, many anti-spyware/adware tools require a frequently updated database of threats. As new spyware programs are released, anti-spyware developers discover and evaluate them, adding to the list of known spyware, which allows the software to detect and remove new spyware.

6. Zeus (malware) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus_(malware)

   Zeus (malware) Zeus is a Trojan horse malware package that runs on versions of Microsoft Windows. It is often used to steal banking information by man-in-the-browser keystroke logging and form grabbing. [1] Zeus is spread mainly through drive-by downloads and phishing schemes. First identified in July 2007 when it was used to steal information ...

7. Inappropriate advertising on AOL - AOL Help

   help.aol.com/articles/inappropriate-advertising...

   The third suggestion is optional, and is intended only to help supply meaningful malware-related information to AOL Information Security. 1. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. 2. Run the Microsoft Update Utility. 3. Perform an optional AOL Security Check. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. Note: Please check to see that your ...