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2. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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   Trojans: Exposes your personal and confidential information to hackers by opening a “backdoor” to your computer after downloading a file or program that is disguised as something good but is ...

3. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   In response to the emergence of spyware, a small industry has sprung up dealing in anti-spyware software. Running anti-spyware software has become a widely recognized element of computer security practices, especially for computers running Microsoft Windows. A number of jurisdictions have passed anti-spyware laws, which usually target any ...

4. Inappropriate advertising on AOL

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   Please refer to the "Scan your computer with McAfee" header of our Using McAfee: Features article to find out how to scan your computer for virus and spyware. If you use other brands of antivirus or anti-malware software programs, you will have to use the scan or detect functions within these programs.

5. Using McAfee: Features - AOL Help

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   Follow the steps below to scan your computer using McAfee's main window. 1. Perform a double-click on McAfee's icon that should be located on your desktop. 2. In McAfee's main window click on "Schedule and run scans". This is located inside the Virus and Spyware Protection category. 3. Click on Scan Your PC. 4.

6. List of spyware programs - Wikipedia

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   Hermit is a toolkit developed by RCS Lab for government agencies to spy on iOS and Android mobile phones. HuntBar, aka WinTools or Adware.Websearch, was installed by an ActiveX drive-by download at affiliate Web sites, or by advertisements displayed by other spyware programs—an example of how spyware can install more spyware. These programs ...

7. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   In a June 2006 Microsoft report, [2] the company claimed that the tool had removed 16 million instances of malicious software from 5.7 million of 270 million total unique Windows computers since its release in January 2005. The report also stated that, on average, the tool removes malicious software from 1 in every 311 computers on which it runs.