Adware is a type of online advertising that you need to be very concerned about. Once you click on the various pop ups that it is incorporated in, the adware penetrates the various aspects of your computer system. You wont even know in most cases that anything is going on until it is too late. It is important that you have an excellent software program for your computer that allows you to remove adware and continues to prevent it from attaching to your computer system in the future.
The main reason you need to worry about adware is it can compromise your personal information that is on the computer. Some of the adware just tracks the sites you look at so it can send you advertisements in that area of interest. Others are more aggressive and actually classified as spyware. These actually track everything you do and can give the sender access to your credit card account numbers and the passwords you use to access such accounts.
There are a few clues you can watch for that could indicate your computer has been compromised by adware. The most telling sign of adware is that you will start having more and more pop ups appearing on your computer. Pay attention to where...