Best Internet Security Upgrade Alert
Like most people who do a lot of work on their computer as well as having a lot of different programs, it’s quite often that a window will pop up stating that a system needs to be upgraded. If you’re not careful, you just may download a virus that can destroy everything that you’ve been working on as well as crashing the computer itself. The best internet security program can even overlook the warnings because of how legitimate they seem.
Just what is Intelligent Explorer? For your safety, you really need to know
There seems to be a program out there that looks like a normal Internet Explorer upgrade, but if you look carefully, you will see that it’s a different program all together. If you are in the middle of something important you might just click the OK button without realizing that the program is really called Intelligent Explorer.
You will have more troubles than you would want to deal with in one life. It appears that Intelligent Explorer allows other software to be downloaded to your machine and this is where the problem occurs. What is even more remarkable is that by downloading Intelligent Explorer, their license grants them the right to install software add-ins on your computer at their will.
Take a look at what the software license for Intelligent Explore says (go to http://www.ieplugin.com/terms.html to read it all):
“You grant to us the right, exercisable by us until you uninstall the Software or this agreement is otherwise terminated, to provide to you the Service of downloading and causing to be displayed advertising material on your computer, through ‘pop-up’ or other display while you use your browser. You acknowledge and agree that installation of the Software may automatically modify toolbars and other settings of your browser. By installing the Software you agree to such modifications.”
If you are wondering how a company can go ahead and do something like this, the company IBC Inc. is incorporated in Belize. That should explain how a company would get away with this behavior.
Intelligent Explorer is a plug-in, which can create a new home page, as well as start up and endless loop of pop-ups. You can remove the view bar, but then starting up Internet Explorer will cause it to reappear.
What can you do to fix this if you fall victim to it? Buy a copy of a program called XoftSpy and follow the steps to remove the Intelligent Explorer. There are also other programs that will also do the job like spybot, NoAdware, Spyware Eliminator, Pal Spyware Remover, and Spyware C.O.P.
I do have to say that I’ve not had to purchase any of these programs since I’m very careful with what is downloaded into my computers and laptops.
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Best Internet Security – Spyware
Do you have any idea how many adwares and spywares have made their way into your computer? If you don’t have the best internet security installed on your computer or laptop, that number may be well into the hundreds. If you don’t have any security program running on your computer , you’re just asking for more trouble than one person wants to ever have on their system.
In another post I spoke about a plug-in called Intelligent Explorer. What a nightmare that could be for anyone who’s downloaded it by mistake. Spyware or adware items are constantly infecting computers and laptops. Too many computer don’t have any protection from them. That is one of the biggest mistakes that any computer owner can make.
According to a 2004 survey by AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance, 91% of users questioned were familiar with the term spyware. Only 53% believed their computers were infected, but a scan found that 80% of their PCs had some type of spyware installed on them.” It goes on to say, “…The average number of spyware components per computer was 93 with one computer having well over a thousand.”
According to Butte College the definition for spyware is:
“The term ‘spyware’ is broadly defined as any program that gets into your computer without permission and hides in the background while it makes unwanted changes to your user experience.
Spyware is generally not designed to damage your computer. The damage it does is more a by-product of its main mission, which is to serve you targeted advertisements or make your browser display certain sites or search results.
At present, most spyware targets only the Windows operating system (Internet Explorer).”
Don’t get me wrong when I say that some spyware is harmless. Cookies are quite harmless, yes they infringe on your privacy, but that’s about it. Other than that, the rest can and are dangerous.
I’m sure you’re wondering what is it that you can do to protect your computer. Here are some of the top spyware tools out there to look at.
1) Spybot Search & Destroy from PepiMK Software
2) Xoftspy form Pareto Logic
3) Spyware Guard from Javacool Software is a free program
4) Pest Patrol (now part of Computer Associates by acquisition)
5) McAfee Anti-Spyware
Don’t kid yourself by thinking that you don’t need to take spyware seriously, because if you don’t and get infected by something, your only recourse is to lose the information that is on your computer and completely reinstall the operating system.
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