Spyware 6/19/02

Did you know that your computer's performance can be impacted by spyware? If you use the internet chances are that you have spyware components on your computer. 

What is spyware? Advertisers on the web use cookies and tracking programs to gather information about your web habits often with out your permission. Most cookies are useful to you because they are used to tailor web content to how you use a web site. Some record what you click on and send that information to the advertiser's server. 

What can you do about it? Get a spyware removal tool and clean up your computer. 

Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility, that scans your computer's memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely.

You can get Ad-aware at Lavasoft's USA site.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

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