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According to the company Trusteer which helps online banks, brokerages, and retailers secure the consumer desktop from online attacks and fraudulent websites, Zeus has comeback. The infection that is also known as Zbot, WSNPOEM, NTOS and PRG has been seen in several computers again. Trusteer said that one in every 3000 computers from the 5.5 Millions PCs they monitor are infected.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that after install your Windows XP Updates your system crash? These kinds of events are getting more common these days. The main problem here is that we may think that this update problem is from Microsoft itself.

Spyware! No! Go away! Spyware is bad news for anyone’s computer, and although you can (usually) easily remove it, sometimes they are pests and won’t go away. Or even worse… You think that they are gone whent hey are really lurking deep inside your computer.

Not everybody is ready to pay more than $150 each year for an antivirus license, even if those antivirus programs assure your files security. As there are a lot of freeware programs out there, it’s normal to find some decent antivirus programs for free too. Let’s take a look and shortly review the best three of them.

3. AVG Antivirus
It may be popular and good enough for many users, but AVG’s free version does not offer as many things as the other antivirus programs free versions. It has a nice interface, the security is good, but I don’t think it should be a first choice if you want to have a free version of an antivirus. The spyware protection is good too, but not at the same level of the one Avast is offering.

Easy ways to stay away from spyware

Spyware… No one wants it, although many people have it and don’t even know it. It is very important to stay away from spyware, because in some severe cases, the computer can be destroyed. This would then cost a lot of money to be repaired. There are several steps that anyone can take to help them stay away from spyware.

1. Stay away from sites that you do not trust. Visiting dangerous sites can automatically infect your computer with spyware. These could be keygen sites, piracy sites, pornographic sites, “free” item sites, and more. On top of this, spyware can be in your email. It is important to not open up any email from people or companies that you are not familiar with.

Spyware… Something that should be avoided however is easily caught.  Spyware can cause serious damage on a computer, while sometimes it does hardly anything. It just depends on the type of spyware and how many infections are on the target computer. Even though most anti-virus programs can kick out most types of spyware before they do any damage, sometimes the anti-virus programs don’t find them in time. And before you know it, most of your personal information has been sent to a different computer.