Spyware And Adware: Major Hazards To Online Systems

In this age of highly advanced information technology, almost everything that we used to do manually can now be done through computers. Paying the bills, transferring funds, reserving a first class airline ticket no matter what kind of transaction you have to do, you can do it over the Internet. Everything is so much simpler and faster.

But of course, there is a catch. When good things happen, there is usually a downside. When online transactions became popular, online theft grew rampant as well. While it is now so simple to open a bank account and transfer money online, stealing that money has become relatively simpler, too.

When the Internet was first used in the conduct of online transactions, many criminals also upgraded their modus operandi. In the past, when preparing for a robbery, crooks used to wear their ski masks and gloves. Now, their preparation involves dispersing spyware and adware all around the World Wide Web. The criminals send out these programs through the Internet like their industrious minions, and most of the programs end up in people’s computer systems.

Spyware and adware are very useful in gathering data from remote...