Free Spyware Removal

Various Types of Spyware
The word spyware has been applied to any applications or program on your PC that sends information about you without your knowledge or explicit permission. Most spyware programs DO NOT notify you that they send information back to a remote server. There are many Spyware applications that may attack your PC.

Spyware
If you have downloaded a software from the Internet, you may have also unknowingly downloaded a spyware. Spyware is often installed as part of a 3rd party software, without the your knowledge. Although spyware can often be attached to shareware, spyware can also download with legitimate commercial software which transmit your personal information back to the distributor. In most commercial instances, you are asked to accept the terms of the End User License Agreement – which may include the rights to send this information.

Scumware
The term scumware is often used to describe programs that interrupt or redirect your Internet surfing. Scumware can also send your personal information, whether or not you’ve downloaded a program from a particular website. It can be neatly packaged with some of the Internet’s most popular programs, and it is most often installed on your PC without your consent.

Malware
The term malware is used to describe the more hostile types of spyware. It actually means "malicious software" and can cover a wide range of aggressive programs such as Worms, Trojan Horses and Viruses. This spyware is software that is specifically designed to disrupt or damage a PC, files or its components.