What Can Spyware Do To My Computer?

Spyware can do everything that a virus can do and more.

• Simple spyware, like tracking cookies and malicious BHOs, most often just want to monitor where
• you go on the Internet and how often. These programs target you for advertising, utilizing methods
• from hijacking your homepage to sending you those annoying popup ads.
• More malevolent spyware can record vital information that unscrupulous 3rd parties can then
• use to steal money or your identity. Programs like keystroke loggers (keyloggers) can record
• keystrokes and advanced BHOs can detect when you enter a secure site, like a bank's personal
• account page. Any information that you enter online can thus be potentially stolen:
  • Bank Account Numbers
  • Passwords and email addresses
  • Home Addresses
  • Names, mailing addresses and email addresses of friends and family
  • Where you work, where your children go to school
  • Drivers License Numbers (useful for identity theft)
  • Social Security Numbers (useful for identity theft)
• The most aggressive forms of spyware can interrupt computer functionality in ways that resemble
• those of a virus. These programs can actually interfere with a computer's intended operations,
• causing it to reboot, shut down or erase important data. Dialer programs can even be
• downloaded onto computers with dial-up Internet connections. These dialers log users on to
• high-priced, premium numbers without the user knowing it . . . until the bill arrives.

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