What Is Adware?

Adware come into your computer with freeware or shareware. While installing these free programs and pressing "Agree" button under LICENSE AGREEMENT you accept that ads will appear on your screen (popup or banner ads). While you are browsing online, popup ads can offer goods or visit some websites depending on context of web pages you are browsing (e.g. if you're in computer store site, popup can offer you to buy a computer with a brand new processor etc.) Adware can flood your computer with popups, some web site shortcuts can appear on desktop or "favorites" can be filled with unnecessary information. Remember! If adware passes spyware actions that mean adware is gathering information about you and that info is being used, that's user's privacy breach.

How adware comes to my computer?

The most common ways adware comes to your computer is installing computer games, sharing video, music and other files.

Why freeware programs are free?

Adware producers and advertisers cooperate. Advertiser's purpose is to attract as much computer users as possible. So adware builder is concerned making very popular programs so that huge number of users will use it.

How to get rid of adware?

Firstly you should use latest windows updates. If you have done that be aware of email attachments, because usually adware comes exactly this way. Don't install shareware and freeware if it has not been certified. If unknown and suspicious dialog box appeared on you screen DO NOT agree with it, just close that dialog box using X on the right top corner. If you still cannot get rid of adware install anti-spyware program which will clean your computer out of adware and the vermins.