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The Adware Removal Report
Does your computer run much slower than you remember it running when you first got it? This isn’t a natural degradation of your computer, it is almost guaranteed to be parasitic programs that are leeching your system’s resources. These parasites are most commonly called spyware or adware. They do a lot more than just slow down your computer though.
There are a few telltale signs that you have some sort of spyware or adware (almost all internet users have at least some form of it that they are unaware of!):
* If you’ve ever downloaded music or movies off of the internet
* Your PC runs much slower than it used too
* You often find yourself closing obnoxious popups or uninstalling programs that you don’t remember installing
* You find your homepage constantly changing without your consent
Most of these are just accepted as normal acts of an aging computer, when in fact, it is most likely due to parasites such as spyware and adware infecting the system. Just because you often browse the internet and popups fly out of every direction doesn’t mean that it’s the website’s fault. In most circumstances (for honest sites anyways) it is actually some program on your computer causing it.
When it comes to parasites such as spyware and adware, computer users think they have nothing to worry about except for the popups and such. The truth is, you have way more to worry about than just those annoyances. Not only are you risking your privacy by having spyware, but you’re risking your life as you know it.
That last statement may seem a bit drastic, but it isn’t. What spyware is really capable of is a very scary notion. Not only can it track every website that you visit, but it can track the information that you provide to said site. If you go to your online banking account and enter your information, spyware has the ability to transmit all of your bank information back to its creator.
It doesn’t stop there either. More often than not, once this information is transmitted to the spyware’s creator, they then sell it to hundreds or thousands of people. That means your bank information, social security number, and credit card numbers could be sitting in hundreds of peoples emails. This is how identity theft really happens.
Spyware and adware are beatable however. There is a free report on the matter available under the name “Adware Removal” which not only describes what spyware and adware are capable of, but how to rid yourself of them as well. If you value your privacy then you should at least read through it, you may be surprised at what you didn’t know.
There are so many tools these days that say they get rid of spyware and adware that you just don’t know which ones to trust. The most recommendable course of action is to find one which offers a free scan, this allows you to see if you actually need a removal tool or not. The report mentioned above includes information about recommended programs as well as more information, and remember, it’s free.
To learn more about adware and spyware removal, check out the free Adware Removal report. Feel free to distribute this article in any form as long as you include this resource box. You can also include your affiliate link if you sign up at Clickbank Pirate.
The Adware Removal Report
Does your computer run much slower than you remember it running when you first got it? This isn’t a natural degradation of your computer, it is almost guaranteed to be parasitic programs that are leeching your system’s resources. These parasites are most commonly called spyware or adware. They do a lot more than just slow down your computer though.
There are a few telltale signs that you have some sort of spyware or adware (almost all internet users have at least some form of it that they are unaware of!):
* If you’ve ever downloaded music or movies off of the internet
* Your PC runs much slower than it used too
* You often find yourself closing obnoxious popups or uninstalling programs that you don’t remember installing
* You find your homepage constantly changing without your consent
Most of these are just accepted as normal acts of an aging computer, when in fact, it is most likely due to parasites such as spyware and adware infecting the system. Just because you often browse the internet and popups fly out of every direction doesn’t mean that it’s the website’s fault. In most circumstances (for honest sites anyways) it is actually some program on your computer causing it.
When it comes to parasites such as spyware and adware, computer users think they have nothing to worry about except for the popups and such. The truth is, you have way more to worry about than just those annoyances. Not only are you risking your privacy by having spyware, but you’re risking your life as you know it.
That last statement may seem a bit drastic, but it isn’t. What spyware is really capable of is a very scary notion. Not only can it track every website that you visit, but it can track the information that you provide to said site. If you go to your online banking account and enter your information, spyware has the ability to transmit all of your bank information back to its creator.
It doesn’t stop there either. More often than not, once this information is transmitted to the spyware’s creator, they then sell it to hundreds or thousands of people. That means your bank information, social security number, and credit card numbers could be sitting in hundreds of peoples emails. This is how identity theft really happens.
Spyware and adware are beatable however. There is a free report on the matter available under the name “Adware Removal” which not only describes what spyware and adware are capable of, but how to rid yourself of them as well. If you value your privacy then you should at least read through it, you may be surprised at what you didn’t know.
There are so many tools these days that say they get rid of spyware and adware that you just don’t know which ones to trust. The most recommendable course of action is to find one which offers a free scan, this allows you to see if you actually need a removal tool or not. The report mentioned above includes information about recommended programs as well as more information, and remember, it’s free.
To learn more about adware and spyware removal, check out the free Adware Removal report. Feel free to distribute this article in any form as long as you include this resource box. You can also include your affiliate link if you sign up at Clickbank Pirate.
How could Web application (in)security affect me?
Nearly 55 percent of all vulnerability disclosures in 2008 affected web applications.
Web applications have become the major hunting grounds for cyber criminals who quite rightly view them as low hanging fruit. Just as building new motorways improves access for traditional burglars and car thieves, web applications internet accessibility literally delivers them to the hackers doors.
For some time now, cyber crime has simply been another arm of organised crime. And organised crime is pouring a substantial portion of its vast resources into cyber crime … because the return on investment is very high.
Organised crime goes to great lengths to get its hands on any information and the more confidential it is, the better. Once theyve hacked into an application, they can either make use of it themselves or sell it on to others. They can also take control of the various resources such as servers and databases that house that information and turn a profit from that as well.
Having gained control of your computing power by exploiting vulnerabilities and adding code to your application, they add your power to their existing haul and create botnets a global network of robots reporting to their master command-and-control node which can be directed to attack other organisations, or sold to other criminals who, once they hold enough power, can orchestrate denial of service attacks.
No longer is it enough for these criminals to boast of their hacking prowess; these days its all about the money. Given that a properly engineered denial of service attack is powerful enough to bring down pretty much any global multi-national corporation or, in fact, any small country and take them off-line for the duration, this is not about bragging rights, its extortion. It is money-motivated from start to finish.
Because all information and all computing power is grist to the mill for the criminals, no company is too small and certainly no company is too big to be targeted. And as the security in large enterprises is often no better than small entities, size is truly no barrier to the criminals.
And no business can afford the consequences of a security breach. At the very least, mismanaging confidential information almost always leads to reputational damage. Reputational damage leads to departure of existing clients as well as difficulty attracting new business a situation that can go on for many years. There are obvious bottom line implications to those consequences; in the most extreme cases, businesses can go under.
According to IBMs X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, the predominant risks to web applications are from cross-site scripting, SQL injection and file include vulnerabilities.
Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities occur when web applications do not properly validate user input, thus allowing criminals to embed their own script into a page the user is visiting. This script can steal confidential information or exploit existing vulnerabilities in the users web browser. Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are typically exploited in phishing attacks by sending users a malicious link to a page in a legitimate domain name via email. The criminals get high returns because users trust the familiar domain name they are visiting and thus trust the links (created by the criminals) therein.
SQL injection vulnerabilities are also about improperly validated user input, but in this case that input includes SQL statements that are executed by a database, giving attackers access to that database to read, delete and modify sensitive information (like credit card data) as well as embedding code into the database allowing attacks against other visitors to the web site.
File-include vulnerabilities occur when the application is forced to execute code from a non-validated remote source, allowing criminals to take over the web application remotely. This category includes some denial-of-service attacks as well as techniques that allow criminals direct access to files, directories, user information and other components of the web application.
Facilitating all these kinds of attacks is the fact that many web sites contain some code to support various features and functions which inadvertently introduces vulnerabilities.
Russian roulette, anyone?