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Spyware spite

Spyware and Adware infest our computers and they add adverts into our computer use and internet browsing. They report our information to rouge websites and comit other evil deeds - yet we are forced to endure them.

I recently ran a scan of a free spyware programme, eliminator or another such title it may not be that. Although it is supposidly very effective at search and destroying spyware. It found several thousand bits of spyware on my old desktop which I knew had some on - but that many. Needless to say I removed a lot of it.

However some things are very hard to remove. Such as when you install iMesh you are forced to have Gator running on your computer unless you disable it. Although there is no disable button so this involves risky registry editing and file path changing. Software such as this forces us to have annoying adware and unstoppable pop-ups even if you only open iMesh once.

Spyware and adware are annoying and should never be third party software! Just say no to the software if it is.