Typical behaviour by advert and spyware software includes putting pop-up windows on your system, dropping your Internet connection and dialling premium phone lines instead and also storing cookies which track your behaviour patterns.

You can get ad-aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ [Link]

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7423,00.asp [Link]

After installation it puts an Icon on your desktop which you run in much the same way as an anti-virus program.

It is necessary to fetch fresh copies of Ad-aware from Lavasoft from time to time, to keep up with new ploys by the dodgy advertisers.

Bill.

Revised on 28 Aug 2003