How do you know you got attacked

How do you get to know that spyware has attacked your machine?

The tell-tale signs are very obvious. Pop-up advertisements begin to flood your screen all of a sudden, and you have to spend a lot of time closing these little windows. Your web browser home page changes to some site that you are quite sure you hadn't asked for and, even after resetting it back to your original page, the home page reverts back to the evil site like a hopeless addict. There is suddenly a new toolbar in the browser. Your machine suddenly begins taking longer time to perform tasks that were a breeze for it earlier - it is acting as though it is pondering the mysteries of the universe and about life itself while going about its duties. Last, but not least, the computer begins to reboot or hang every now and then - again uncharacteristic behavior for your pc.

What do you do to get rid of spyware?

As in the James Bond and other spy movies, it is a cat- and-mouse game. Sometimes the mice go under, and sometimes they have an upper hand. Anti- spyware software is widely available. Anti-spyware software sniffs out these little devils from your machine and make the world a better place - a la James Bond and Sherlock Holmes. A top-notch sleuth that is creating terror in the hearts of spyware creators is "a-squared". Created to not only cure, but also prevent spyware from invading your machine - whether it is through the front- or the side-door - in real time, the "a-squared" anti-spyware software is supported by a crack team of experts who scour the crime lanes of cyberspace for any known and unknown strains of spyware, waiting to pounce on them, fangs bared. The a-squared team are as relentless as the spyware creators, which means that no sooner than a new strain of spyware is born, defences against it are immediately built into the a-squared anti-spyware software. Which means that an always up to date a-squared literally guards your machine whenever you get connected to the net. No all spyware, can break through the cordon that is thrown around your machine.

All this battling with the evil forces is done by a-squared quietly keeping guard in the background so that you can continue to enjoy the freedom of surfing that the internet provides.

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