Spyware is not something to be taken lightly. Every year millions of dollars are just washed down the drain by companies and individuals fighting this menace. Spyware, apart from being a nuisance, can also inflict damage on you by keeping track of browsing history and steal your credit card information. It is thus highly prudent to be aware of the enemy. Here are some of the most potent spywares and their traits courtesy FaceTime Security Labs.

The first among the many enemies is Gator. Gator is used to store the password of a site for retrieving it while visiting that particular site. You end up paying for this service by enduring frustrating pop-ups. There have been some efforts by Claria, who created Gator, to alter it for a more user friendly version but the problem hasn?t been solved as yet.

CoolWebSearch is a spyware that redirects you to CoolWebSearch.com or Datanotary.com by tricking your browser. It is difficult to remove it from the system and has to be uninstalled carefully, never manually, unless more damage is done. It has evolved into more troublesome versions.

180SearchAssistant reads your keyword and pops up website suggestions which resemble your search keyword. Emoticons and wallpapers are offered free by this spyware. But of late some versions allow uninstall features which allow for removal of the program.

4. Huntbar ? Another piece of annoying software, Hunthar, manages to install a toolbar in both your internet explorer and windows explorer windows. It will also change your home page and settings for search to redirect you to their own search engine. This can be highly annoying and also consume an exorbitant memory space of over 15%.

5. Cydoor ? When you get a P2P, that is , peer to peer software, you may also get Cydoor along. This software also pops up number of advertisements with great annoying effect. It will also track usage information from your machine.

ISTbar sticks to your system through install ActiveX and javascript. It?s as easy as visiting a site and you have a brand new program called ISTbar. It?s extremely dangerous as it siphons off the information to my-internet.info and Blazefind.com.

7. WhenU-DesktopBar ?This software keeps displaying advertising contents. It will also monitor your internet traffic and spy on your search profiles. It can also execute remote codes from an outside server through its update feature that can cause harm to your computer.

8. New.Net ? Non-Standard top level domains are sold by the company called New.Net. As this is a highly annoying software, it should be removed instantaneously.

IEplugin uses the same tactics as Huntbar in that it sets up its own toolbar on your browser. It monitors all your activity on the Net and uses that information maliciously.

BargainBuddy was once an infamous and ubiquitous program. Distributed by BullzEye Network, it would set up browser Helper Object to keep an eye on the system. It would study the keywords being used and would send advertisement your way based on that.

Susan Reynolds is the webmaster for a leading Spyware Removal Software brand. For more information visit: http://www.spywareremovaldoc.com






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