How does spyware get in your computer?

Answer 1

You can get spyware in many ways. Here A Couple Examples On How To Get Infected With Spyware:

1: You did not install an antivirus on your OS

2: You weren't careful on your protection

3: You might have not updated your Windows or Mac or Linux (any OS)

4: You went on a exploit site, which it can do drive by downloads

Drive By Download Definition:

1. Downloads which the user indirectly authorized but without understanding the consequences (eg. by installing an unknown ActiveX component or Java applet).
2. Any download that happens without knowledge of the user.
3. Download of spyware, a computer virus or any kind of malware that happens without knowledge of the user. Drive-by downloads may happen by visiting a website, viewing an e-mail message or by clicking on a deceptive popup window: the user clicks on the window in the mistaken belief that, for instance, an error report from the PC itself is being acknowledged, or that an innocuous advertisement popup is being dismissed; in such cases, the "supplier" may claim that the user "consented" to the download although actually unaware of having initiated an unwanted or malicious software download. Websites that exploit the Windows Metafile vulnerability (eliminated by a Windows update of 5 January 2006) may provide examples of "drive-by downloads" of this sort.

Here some preventions to become a victim of spyware:

1: Install an antivirus program (example: AVG Free Anti Virus, ESET, NOD 32, etc)

2: Only one company that was a special component that can scan a link or block access to a malicious site: AVG Free Anti Virus, AVG Anti Virus, AVG internet Security. They Have Something Called "Linkscanner". This component can scan links in search results before you actually access that site.

3: Use a browser that checks for malicious links and stops you as you click on bad ones.

4: Install a spyware removal program which also has background scanning.

Answer 2

you get spyware from websites that have activespyware in the site itself, or from a program you download off the internet. you can protect yourself form that by downloading a simple program at http://www.antispywaremechanic.com .

Answer 3

well you go on a website, the website has a virus/spyware on it which gives the website and spyware access to your computer .

Always look at the terms and conditions on a site and make sure there is nothing about spyware or viruses in it.