Adware

COMPROMISE MY SECURITY? CAN I CATCH A VIRUS? ............... 7 1.6WHAT DOES IT COST? ............................................................................................................................ 8 1.7 IS YOUR FREEDOM “SPYWARE” OR “ADWARE”? ...................................................................................... 8 1.8 HOW MANY SERVERS DO YOU HAVE? ARE THEY ALL THE SAME? ............................................................... 9 2 GETTING STARTED ............

Earthed equipment has to be used as the slightest electrical surge can destroy components. All of the above though are small-fry in comparison to the dangers that may come from the 100 internet: viruses, trojans, worms, phishing, keylogger, spyware, adware, etc. These attacks can use 4 main routes to enter your computer: the electronic mailbox, downloads, web navigators and the network. Most people know that via their electronic mailbox they might receive viruses, in particular in attached files, and

539 540 The report makes available useful details of those institutions that responded. See "CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey 2007», page 3, available at: http://www.gocsi.com/ "2007 Malware Report: The Economic Impact of Viruses, Spyware, Adware, Botnets, and Other malicious Code». A summary of the report is available at: http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1225. 541 The costs covered by the report include labour costs to analyze and repair an infected computer system, the loss