What is the difference between adware, spyware, a virus and a worm?
Adware Adware is any software that, once installed on your computer, tracks your internet browsing habits and sends you pop-ups containing advertisements related to the sites and topics you’ve visited. While this type of software may sound innocent, and even helpful, it consumes and slows down your computer’s valuable processor and internet connection speed. Spyware Spyware is similar to adware but much more personally invasive. After downloading itself onto your computer through an email you opened, a website you visited or a program you downloaded, spyware scans your hard drive for personal information and your internet browsing habits. Once the spyware finds your email address, it can send you spam and junk emails that clutter your inbox — and it gets worse. Spyware can be broken down into two categories: • Advertising spyware: Gathers your personal information and/or shows pop-up advertisements. Even worse, it records your passwords, email addresses, browsing history, online buying
