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The Difference of Adware, Spyware and Viruses

Adware, spyware and computer virus share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let’s differentiate the three.
Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is that they create pathways wherein someone else aside from the computer owner can communicate with the computer. [...]

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Rogue Software and Security

While working with your pc, ever had advertisements pop up suddenly and keep wanting you to buy their software? or a pop-up says that your pc have been infected by spyware, viruses and forced you to download its software.
Most of the time, they will display a message such as:
“WARNING! Your computer is infected with spyware! [...]

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Enable Task Manager

When you try to open Task Manager, the following error may occur:
“Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator”
-It’s highly likely that your system have been infected with a virus that enable the DisableTaskMgr policy via the registry.

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-myFree- Personal Software II (updated)

A suitable freeware might even surpass or on par in performance compared to the available commercial software. Simple, Easy and Free. -myFree- listing as below:
-myFreeAV- Avira AntiVir Personal
-myFreeAntiSpy- Ad-Aware 2008 Free
-myFreeFirewall- Comodo Firewall PRO 3.0
-myFreeCleaner and Privacy Tool- CCleaner
-myFreeDefrag- IOBit SmartDefrag
-myFreeUtilities- Advanced WindowsCare Personal Edition

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Malware

Its the collective term to describe malicious programs including viruses, spyware and adware that are constantly on a damaging spree threatening internet user.
There are about 13 programs that are considered malware but some says the list is endless.

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-myFree- Personal Software

My personal favorite free software tools for security:
Think it again, free software? Why not? The suitable freeware combination could even surpass the most expensive commercial security suite out there. Feel free to try my recommendation. Nothing to lose, simple and hey! its free…

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