The Next Window

Tomorrow, I am teaching a workshop titled <i>Preventing Spyware and Adware</i> at the Cajun Clickers Computer Club (www.clickers.org). Yes, this is the same Cajun Clickers Computer Club that did a lot of volunteer work for the State in our <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=781&amp;entry_id=154" title="http://www.thenextwindow.com/categories/14-Hurricane-Katrina" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.thenextwindow.com/categories/14-Hurricane-Katrina';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Katrina Pet Rescue Project</a>.<br />
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Free applications that bring along spyware and adware are bad enough. The worse type are the spyware and adware programs that show up because of your web surfing or email habits.<br />
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You may be suckered into clicking the web ad that says "Warning — you might be infected…" — or that might be an offensive, but legitimate ad for a real adware/spyware fighter. Or, you may be the lucky recipient of an Active-X "drive-by download," just by visiting a web site. All too often, these downloads are not spyware/adware themselves — they are "downloaders," designed to give you much more grief. <br />
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Unfortunately, there are even people who market alleged anti-spyware programs that are really spyware/adware installers. Not cool.<br />
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After the workshop tomorrow, I will create and add new <i>Preventing Spyware and Adware</i> pages to my <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=782&amp;entry_id=154" title="http://www.terryscomputertips.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.terryscomputertips.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Terry's Computer Tips</a> site.<br />
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