What’s going on?? Are some of these things happening to your computer? Pop-ups, virus warnings, your browser won’t go to some sites or gets hijacked to another site? Is your PC freezing a lot or locking up completely? Sounds like you might be infected with adware or some other form of malware that is probably doing things on your computer that you don’t want to be happening.

What is the definition of Adware?

Adware in itself is not always a bad thing. A lot these programs are a welcome addition to your PC as they add some benefit to your computing experience at the price of a few ads placed within the program or your browser.  It is an extension of a company’s reach to get your attention to their product. Every day you are bombarded with countless advertising messages, be it from TV, radio, billboards or ads on a website. There are many programs out there that do this in a respectable way and inform you exactly what is happening. Others, however, have no compunction to even ask if it is OK to even install their software on your PC and will use tricks to get you to unknowingly install their malware on your PC.