what is spy ware and its  adverse effects on one's system?
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JUST THE ANSWER: Initially spyware doesn't really effect your system except in its use of your system resources it can slow things down. However spyware is more dangerous than a virus because it can depending on the nature of the spyware do anything from steal all your i.d.'s and passwords, corrupt your programs or take control of your web browsing.
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This is best and very potent anti Spyware.\n\n1) Ewido Anti malware\n2) AVG Anti Virus (free edition) ...it caters for all \n   kind of Trojans\n3) AD Adware SE\n\ntry & Good Luck
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spyware spyware spyware...heaps of it...tonnes of it..run your spyware removal progs
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People often confuse viruses with spyware. Check out Microsoft AntiSpyware.
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Spyware Applications track how you use your computer or surf online. They are often installed with other "free" Applications without your knowledge or permission, and you may not even realize that they exist on your computer. Spyware can be difficult to uninstall. \n\nAdware Applications present pop-up or pop-under ads that are displayed when the main product is not running or do not appear to be connected with the product (such as pop-under ads while web browsing). These ads may be targeted and are not displayed within the form of an ad-sponsored Application. Adware is often installed along with other "free" Applications that provide services such as file sharing (P2P), clock syncing, and weather reports. \n\n*****************\n\nWhat is spyware?\n\n"Spyware" generally refers to computer programs that track your online activities. The activities that are tracked include, Web sites you visit, advertisement banners you click on, and search engines you tend to use. Spyware is generally used by Internet advertisers to collect data and statistics for online Web usage. You may unknowingly install spyware when you download programs from the Internet, install software from disks, or open suspicious email attachments.\n\n \n\nSymptoms of spyware\n\nThe following symptoms may indicate that spyware exists on your computer.\n\n*Your computer is acting slower than usual: One of the most commonly noticed symptoms of spyware is that your computer may responding much slower than usual. \n*Your Internet connection appears slower than usual: Spyware can use significant computer memory resources. Multiple instances of spyware running at the same time can create “memory leaks,” which can give you the impression that your Internet connection is much slower than normal. \n*Advertisement pop-ups appear when you're not browsing the Web: Spyware can also serve you pop-up advertisements that appear while you are not surfing the Web--even if you don’t have a Web browser open. \n*Your homepage has changed, or keeps changing: Sometimes spyware will change your default homepage, or render your computer incapable of changing your homepage again.  \n*Redirecting Web sites: Spyware can cause your browser to automatically redirect to different Web sites. This symptom is especially common with Internet search engines. \n*Search tool bars appear in your browser: You may notice that search bars appear directly in your browser. These bars, also known as plug-ins, can sometimes be installed by spyware programs. \n*Spyware software appears in menus: Another indication that spyware has been installed on your computer is when suspicious programs and folders appear in your Start menu, startup menu, or system tray.\nRemoving spyware\n\nSpyware is often very difficult to remove without the help of specialized anti-spyware programs (also known as spyware scanners). Spyware scanners identify and remove spyware from your computer. It is strongly recommended that you take advantage of these programs rather than attempting to remove spyware programs through conventional program un-install methods, like the “Add / Remove Programs” utility in Windows.\n\n \n\nSpyware protection and prevention\n\nHere are some basic guidelines to follow to help protect your computer from spyware in the future.\n\n*Always be careful to fully understand what an application will be doing on your computer before you download it. \n*Beware that sometimes spyware programs are bundled with other software applications (especially file sharing applications), and will automatically install. \n*Be aware that spyware can be hidden in files shared through some popular file sharing applications, including KaZaA, LimeWire, BearShare, WinMX, iMesh, Morpheus, and XoloX. \n\n****************\n\nFile sharing has become a favorite pastime for Internet users because it allows users to share files online with one another for free or at a minimal cost. Some popular file sha
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spyware, its old, too many programs open etc...
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Yah i would say spyware my dad has it.
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i had this spyware on my computer a few years ago and it would go: UH-OH in a high-pitch voice and open my CD-ROM drive (and closes it too) It was creepy and it made system wide changes and alsmost destroyed the computer.
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Its nothing to do with spyware! An application is causing you this issue. Check the event logs. Right click on my computer>manage>events> Look in applications log it may give you a better idea of your issue
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(n.) Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are typically bundled as a hidden component of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded from the Internet; however, it should be noted that the majority of shareware and freeware applications do not come with spyware. Once installed, the spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else. Spyware can also gather information about e-mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers. \n\nSpyware is similar to a Trojan horse in that users unwittingly install the product when they install something else. A common way to become a victim of spyware is to download certain peer-to-peer file swapping products that are available today. \n\nAside from the questions of ethics and privacy, spyware steals from the user by using the computer's memory resources and also by eating bandwidth as it sends information back to the spyware's home base via the user's Internet connection. Because spyware is using memory and system resources, the applications running in the background can lead to system crashes or general system instability. \n\nBecause spyware exists as independent executable programs, they have the ability to monitor keystrokes, scan files on the hard drive, snoop other applications, such as chat programs or word processors, install other spyware programs, read cookies, change the default home page on the Web browser, consistently relaying this information back to the spyware author who will either use it for advertising/marketing purposes or sell the information to another party. \n\nLicensing agreements that accompany software downloads sometimes warn the user that a spyware program will be installed along with the requested software, but the licensing agreements may not always be read completely because the notice of a spyware installation is often couched in obtuse, hard-to-read legal disclaimers.\n\n\nThe Difference Between Adware & Spyware:\nhttp://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/spyware.asp
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I take it you mean anti spy software, try some of these, but not all running at once. and there Free.
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Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet (where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program.\n\n\nData collecting programs that are installed with the user's knowledge are not, properly speaking, spyware, if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared. However, spyware is often installed without the user's consent, as a drive-by download, or as the result of clicking some option in a deceptive pop-up window. Software designed to serve advertising, known as adware, can usually be thought of as spyware as well because it almost invariably includes components for tracking and reporting user information. However, marketing firms object to having their products called "spyware." As a result, McAfee (the Internet security company) and others now refer to such applications as "potentially unwanted programs" (PUP).\n\nThe cookie is a well-known mechanism for storing information about an Internet user on their own computer. If a Web site stores information about you in a cookie that you don't know about, the cookie can be considered a form of spyware. Spyware is part of an overall public concern about privacy on the Internet.\n\nMany Internet users were introduced to spyware in 1999, when a popular freeware game called "Elf Bowling" came bundled with tracking software.
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You insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as Norton,  AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software  and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at\nhttp://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
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you pc is infected with virus/spywares
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well, it can be anything like spyware, adware, bugs, virus, your hard disk over loaded, cookies....it may slow down your systems.
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You might have spyware or adware on your computer.
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use adaware and spybot