Are you being infected by spyware?

To the inexperienced Internet user, here is a simple questionnaire…

… Is it taking more time to load recently when you start your computer?
… Are you being annoyed these days with pop-up windows from sites you have never visited before?
… Do you notice any unusual software loading simultaneously during startup?

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The Top 10 Culprits Causing Malware Infections

Author: Coenraad De Beer 

I think it is safe to assume that the places you visit on the Internet will determine which programs are installed on your PC. Let me put it this way, the software installed on your computer will have some relevance to the sites you often visit. Lets take a few examples, when you are using Gmail, chances are good that you will have Gmail Notifier or GoogleTalk installed on your PC. When you often visit Yahoo.com or take part in their social networks, chances are good that you will have Yahoo! Toolbar or Yahoo! Messenger installed on your PC. Lets take a more practical example, users visiting Microsoft.com most probably have packages like Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows XP installed on their computers. It is likely for supporters of the Open Source Initiative to hang out on sites like OpenSource.org, OpenOffice.com, Linux.org or SpreadFirefox.com. So your software preferences play a huge role in the type of web sites you visit and vice versa.

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