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are free, and try several programs on your computer before you
decide to stick with one of them. As of 2005, spyware is chiefly
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The very first free spyware remover was called OptOut and was
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first known use of the term "spyware" is from 1995, when a
poster in Usenet made fun of Microsoft's business model. In the
beginning, spyware was a term used for all types of espionage
equipment, including tiny cameras for microfilming and similar.
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is rarely used for espionage cameras or other types of off-line
equipment. The same year a very popular freeware, a computer
game called Elf Bowling, began to spread among the Internet
users. Eventually, the users found out that Elf Bowling included
Adware, and that information about the players was sent back to
the creator of the game, a company called Nsoft.
Today, many programmers and companies have created their own
free spyware remover programs. It is very common that a free
spyware remover can be upgraded to a more advanced version for a
fee. As mentioned above, Steve Gibson created the first free
spyware remover - OptOut. He was to be followed by free spyware
remover programs from Lavasoft, the Ad-Aware spyware remover,
and from Patrick Kolla - the Spybot Search & Destroy. Later
SpySweeper from Webroot become one of the most popular free
spyware remover programs. Naturally, Microsoft also developed
their own free spyware remover. They bought the GIANT
Anti-Spyware software and changed it into Windows AntiSpyware.
The GIANT Anti-Spyware software is also licensed to Sunbelt
Software and used in their free spyware remover program
CounterSpy. Companies such as McAfee, Sophos and Symantec are
also offering free spyware remover programs as a part of their
anti-virus programs.
About the author:
New forms of malicious Spyware and Adware are constantly created
and in order to protect your computer from infestations you must
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