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Symptoms You may experience any one or more of the following symptoms:
In many cases adware has been bundled with different types of software, often with peer-to-peer file sharing products, without the user's knowledge or hidden in the fine print of a End User License Agreement (EULA). There is another strain of malware called a dialer. A dialer is a program that without your knowledge creates a new or changes your dial up connection settings so that instead of calling ChiliTech, your PC calls some very expensive 0900 or international phone number. Another way malware gets on your computer is "Drive-by downloads". Drive-by's are accomplished by providing a misleading dialogue, pop-up box or by taking advantage of your Internet Browsers or Operating Systems security flaws. Many times users have no idea they have installed the application.
Getting rid of spyware can be a difficult task. Often adware makers make their application very hard to uninstall. There are thankfully helpful utilities available that will scan your computer, much like a Virus Scanner to detect and attempt to remove all instances of spyware. We often recommend the following programs to help route out
your spyware problems:
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