Those cute little smilies, desktop icons or assistants, digital pets, peer-to-peer software (where you get to share music, videos and the like) such as Kazaa, or software that is ‘free’ can, and do, hide spyware applications.

Sometimes you intentionally download a programme with the knowledge that you’ll be allowing some type of spyware to act - like downloading a tool bar and receiving pop up ads. This is not strictly spyware as you consented to it - even if you didn’t know how annoying it was going to be. But if you never knew you were downloading something you didn’t want, then it is spyware.

Using a good antivirus software can help pre… Read More: How Does Spyware Get Into Your Computer

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