What is Spyware and Adware

Spyware and adware are parasite has work on your pc or notebook. Ya…because they can eating memory your pc. And you will fell performance your pc cant optimalize and cant work as usual.

Ok..lets get to know what is spyware and adware..

Adware is software that displays advertisements on your computer. These are ads that inexplicably pop up on your display screen, even if you're not browsing the Internet. Some companies provide "free" software in exchange for advertising on your display. It's how they make their money and Spyware is software that sends your personal information to a third party without your permission or knowledge. This can include information about Web sites you visit or something more sensitive like your user name and password. Unscrupulous companies often use this data to send you unsolicited targeted advertisements. (Jerry Honeycutt, http://www.microsoft.com )

And still have more definition about spyware and adware. Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware). Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used. Some types of adware are also spyware and can be classified as privacy-invasive software. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware).

And surely we must be often to check pc and notebook at home or office with anti-adware or anti-spyware.