Screensavers & Adware, Spyware

Everyone knows what a screensaver is and everyone must have seen those blinking and flashing icons saying ‘you are the nth visitor to this site and we are happy to announce as a winner of this prize’. When the icon is clicked another message flashes saying ‘new free screensaver waiting for you’ and it is but natural human tendency to attempt anything that comes with no cost. We click on it to wear it on our system.

It is all well until now, but many of us are still dark about these screensavers (technology-aware people know the genuineness of these but not a common man), most of them are risky pieces of software that if they are loaded into your system, there is a danger in system getting crashed.

It is even more ridiculous when you know that a survey says approximately there are about 15 to 16 million Internet searches for screensavers and sadly a quarter of people end with complaints of system crashes every month because of the fact that they end up in downloading one loaded with Adware, Spyware and other malicious elements to spoil the PC. And another 5-10% of the people supply out all their bank account details to unknowns, called identity thieves or phishers who steal individual’s identity very easily by phishing out passwords. Most of the Free screensavers offered online are with this malicious intent of stealing your passwords for important information including bank and credit cards. People fall prey to the attractive screensaver bait and let loose their vital data to the online thieves.

In fact a software company involved in development of system security software warn people that first 7-8 pages of search engine searches for keyword screensavers can be ignored, as 90% of them are risky and malicious ones.

Know What are Adware and Spyware and Say No Them

Adware refers to a software application, which is witnessed by bearing of advertising software. It is regarded as one of the inexpensive ways in which a programmer offers his software to the general public at a low cost or sometimes free of cost. If one intends to remove the Adware from his PC at a later point of time, he may do so by obtaining a license for the removal of Adware from his PC and this involves cost.

While Spyware is a kind of software program that is developed with the intention of invading the privacy of a user. The Spyware programs are mostly created and developed by individuals who would want to make merry of stealing others’ identity.

Although, there are many software programs that offer to keep an eye on intrusion of Spyware and Adware one should use their wise while free screensaver icon dangles on their screen, it could be waiting to phish out data from you astutely. One should bank on a virus protection software to keep their systems infection free. It should be noted that some software companies do program and license amazing screensavers and one can import them safely as they are free of any malware.

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