The Spyware and Adware Guide
Spyware is a general term for a computer program that gathers data and reports the findings back to an advertiser or internet marketing firm. Spyware is a way for freeware software authors to make money from the software, rather than selling it to the users for a fee. Spyware is often bundled with file sharing applications for the past 3 years and continue to be included in most freeware p2p applications. However there is a growing list of file sharing companies who boast no Spyware in their software. The internet has seen a spike in the amount of Spyware programs included into free software. Several high profile file sharing companies offer a paid ($3.00 – $15.00) version that contains no additional software. Purchasing a paid version of the software is a great way to support the development of new software from the company, most Spyware supported programs lack the functionality of the paid versions.
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