Malware

December 5, 2008




Drive-by downloads are programs that are automatically sent to your computer when you visit certain websites or view HTML e-mail messages. The download happens without your consent and is a very common method for spyware and adware to get on your system.

 

Anti-Spyware – Once the anti-spyware has been installed it can be set to scan the system for spyware that can be deleted. There are generally two types of scan that can be carried out, a Quick Scan or a Deep Scan. Deep scans are more usfull as it looks into more files with depth and it will more accurate with searchies.

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