We cannot help but be enticed by things that are free. These chocolate covered coffee beans have been selling well, and for a good reason too—they are the perfect healthy sinful food out there to snack on. Despite knowing at the back of our heads that nothing comes free, we can’t seem to shake off the natural hopeful tendency that tempts us to believe that free items have no strings attached.
This is particularly true with the case of unwanted adware and spyware that some of us unknowingly download and infect our systems with. Adware and spyware are programs that are unwittingly installed into our computers because they come bundled with some freeware and shareware programs that are downloadable from the Internet. Computer and Internet users are usually careful about installing suspicious programs that may contain viruses and worms that can disrupt the computer’s system.
This is why spyware and adware use deception to get individuals to downloading them either because they are intricately bundled into legitimate parent programs and sometimes, spyware and adware can even masquerade itself as security or computer optimization software to trick one into installing these unwanted programs.