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How to Stop Spyware - Once and for All
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By Stephen Craton
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Stopping spyware and adware is not a difficult task if peoplejust simply take the time to be careful. To make it even easier,however, I have created a simple 3 step guideline to stopspyware and adware from infesting and slowing down yourcomputer. Following these 3 simple steps will greatly improveyour internet experience and all in all will make your computervery happy.
The 3 simple steps are... 1. Only trust certain websites
2. Always assume no
3. Get anti spyware software
Let's examine each step individually. Only Trust CertainWebsites
One common problem with people is that they are too trusting. Inthe real world where with your family and friends, this isalways a good thing. However, in the internet, this is a verybad idea.
Let's make an analogy here. Let's say you go to New York Parkand a man walks up to you asking if he can borrow $10. Tendollars is not much, but he doesn't just want the green, hewants your credit card number. You obviously say no and walkaway, right? You can't trust a man that you have never seen inyour life with something as valuable as your credit card, canyou?
The same can be said on the internet. There is probably onewebsite to every human being on this planet, and we all know noteveryone on this planet is trust worthy and safe. How can wethen say that every website is safe? It's simply not true.
When a website asks if they can install something on yourcomputer, it's just like the man in the park asking for yourcredit card number. You may not be able to see the parallelright away, but think about it. You may have your bankstatements downloaded on your computer, a picture of yourchildren, several passwords, and maybe even personal emails.Spyware and adware not only slow down your computer, but itactually spies on you and steals your personal information.
How do you know what websites to trust and which to not? It'svery simple. How do you know who to trust in the real world?Between a clean, well dressed man or woman on Wall Street and aman in shaggy clothes who looks to be in bad health in a ghetto,you'd obviously choose the well dress one on Wall Street, right?Maybe you know of this website from some other people you trust,so you can inherit the trust from others. Maybe it's a big namewebsite or owned by a big name like Yahoo, Google, orMicrosoft.
All of these websites you could trust because you know of thempersonally already. That's not to say you can't trust morewebsites, though. Such websites need to gain your trust though,either by helping you personally, not asking for personalidentifiable information, or not asking you to install anythingon your computer. Always Assume No
So let's say you are surfing the web and you are on a websiteyou're not sure if you can trust yet or not. Out of no where itasks "Such and such as requested to install an ActiveXcontrol...blah blah blah" Too often people think "Oh, it's justone thing, I'll click ok."
This is the biggest mistake on the internet ever. Just like theman in the park, why would you say "Ok"? Do you know thiswebsite, has it gained your trust? How can you just say yes outof nowhere? You have to let it gain your trust first.
Let's say you go to Yahoo! Games and it asks to installsomething. You should know of Yahoo, and you know that you aretrying to play a game, so you can draw your conclusion that youcan safely install something. Get Anti Spyware Software
One sure fire way to make sure you stop spyware and not get anyis to get anti spyware software. It is the best way that, evenif you accidentally click "yes", it will still block it so youknow you are 100% safe. It will catch anything.
Following these steps should help you out on your journey on theinternet and keep you safe. Following these basic guidelineswill become second nature to you after a while and you willalways be safe. Be sure to send these guidelines around to yourfriends as well, to help keep them safe and keeping you safe aswell when they need to use your computer. Good luck on yourjourney!
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