The magnitude of spyware is so high that it can be found in every nock and corner of users’ computer activities, How much secure is your move to void off the attack of spyware, but it is always there to infiltrate your computer. Today, I do not think if there is any user whose e-mail account is not clogged with these malicious stuff. The annoying spam messages that keep knocking at your computer door.



Recently BBC reported the eight most dangerous search terms that carry spyware, adware, and pop ups to infect users PCs.



Yes, this is horribly true that phrases like ‘free screensavers,’ ‘download Yahoo messenger,’ and ‘free ringtones’ are the constant stuff that springs up on the PC with the intention of stealing your sensitive information.



The Internet creeps now monitor what are the most common search phrases and uses the terms as an aim to download their malicious stuff to users’ computer. In fact, this is not the search that gets users into trouble, whereas it is the website that it directs users to.



For example; a user does a Google search and type in ‘free screensavers.’ He gets a long list of websites featuring free screensavers.



Again, calling up the list is fine, but the danger comes in when the user actually goes to the site and tries to download their screen saver, and with thousands of options available on these websites he get prey of the unwanted guests, which may be a screensaver or a screensaver plus some extra adware, spyware to infect the machine.



Thereafter starts problems like getting spam, viruses and getting your personal information in danger by unwittingly surrendering them to the crooks that have been waiting for this for a long time. The crooks log user’s keystrokes finding his passwords and looking for interesting information and then upload it back to the internet creeps.



Once the user name and password for citibank.com come into their hands, they can access to your credit card information and go from there. However, this can be avoided by following the given below tips:



(1)Make sure you have virus protection and that your patches are up-to-date

(2) Read what you are signing up for as most downloads come with a written agreement that is usually ignored by users.

(3) It is a real easy way to see if in your search results if you have a good site or a bad site to go to.

(4) Be careful what you type and where you go

(5) The complete list of dangerous passwords includes the following: Free screensavers, Bearshare, Screensavers, Winmx, Limewire, Download Yahoo Messenger, Lime Wire and Free ringtones



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