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Article by Joe Borges
The ability to detect spyware is becoming more and more
important in today's world. Ditto for the use of spyware removal
tools. Did you know that recently a Trojan Horse program was developed
and used for industrial espionage?
The Trojan Horse was used in the illegal hacking into scores of
computers in Israel, including computers belonging to large and
leading companies. The companies involved did not know how
important it was to have a spyware removal tool or tools to detect
spyware. The perpetrators developed spyware programs that
extracted computer files and entire directories from infected
computers. This material was then sent to servers abroad. The
spyware was sold to private investigators, which offered their
industrial espionage services to various companies. In this case, the perpertrators (a husband and wife team!) were
eventually caught and deported. But by that time, the damage had
already been done. Those corporations that had been victimized
already had their sensitive corporate secrets floating around in
cyberspace and who knows where else! If they had known how to
detect spyware, they might be much better off. In another case, a routine Internet activity report that was run on
a large company's computer users revealed that some computers
were logging thousands of hits a day to the same IP address. The web site had nothing to do with the company, and the network administrator at first thought that employees were conducting their personal business on the internet or otherwise slacking off. After rather intense investigation, and a routine check to detect
spyware, it was revealed that spyware was tracking employees¡¯
computer usage habits and was sending the information back to a
third party website automatically. This company used a
combination of a spyware removal tool and restricting internet
access to prevent this happening to them again. Even in large corporate environments, spyware can cause
tremendous damage - it can compromise data security Spyware
and significantly slow down computer performance. The lesson here is this: if spyware/malware can compromise even
the most sophisticated business computer systems, then those of
us who have small businesses and even more to lose can¡¯t afford
to take our internet security lightly! Joe Borges helps you to keep your computer files safe. To learn the essential steps to protecting yourself online and get a free trial spyware scan, visit: Joe Borges is an Internet Marketer and Online Business Owner with experience in web development and implementation. He is also a professional SEO Consultant, helping internet businesses increase their web presence, website traffic and Search Engine Ranking. Get essential tips, tools and strategies that you can use right now to protect your most sensitive information by visiting: Related Articles:-
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