Avoid being affected by trojans and spyware?

Trojans and spyware

There are many who are interested in your behavior when you use your computer and browse the Internet. Unfortunately, not everyone who asks you straight out about it, they acquire information rather than by spying on you.

What are trojans and spyware?

A Trojan is a small program that installs on your computer without your knowledge. It can be charged with spying and gathering sensitive information for criminal purposes. Advanced Trojans can cause much damage and affect how your computer behaves.

There are also other programs, so-called "spyware" that installs in a similar way but with a more innocuous intent, such as gathering data for advertising and marketing.

How to install these programs?

Usually you do not know that a Trojan or a spyware is installed, because they can go with another program that you download from the Internet and installed on your computer. They can also go with free programs such as small game. Therefore it is wise to always be cautious and critical when choosing to download software. Trojans and spyware can be installed by other viruses on your computer infected.

How do I avoid being affected by trojans and spyware?

Be careful what you download to your computer. To protect your computer, you should get yourself a good antivirus program that also protects you against Trojans.

There are also special "Antispyware Program" that protects your computer against the type of spyware that collects primarily for advertising and marketing.

See also the security settings of your browser. For example if you are using Internet Explorer you can change the security level to determine how much or little information as you accept from a website. The higher security level, the lower the risk.

If you have security level "Low" can be secretly downloaded onto your computer without you knowing it. We recommend you to change your settings to Medium or High.

We encourage you to use a firewall to minimize the risk that sensitive information sent from your computer.