Many sites on the 'Net offer you a vast range of downloads, anything from totally free software, (like this site) through shareware, free trials, free pics, etc etc.
Unfortunately with some of these freebies you may get more than you bargain for...you may get SPYWARE !!!
Spyware are programs that install themselves secretly and report back to a main site at regular intervals.
They can report on just about anything you do on your computer....where you surf, what you download, what you buy.....the list is almost endless.
The purpose of this is usually economics...so that you may be targeted more accurately by various advertisers depending upon your likes and dislikes etc
But of course, there is no guarantee that it stops there !!!
AdAware 6.0 helps to fight this by checking your memory, files and disks for known examples of spyware.
