if adware attacks, how to defeat it

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WEBINAR

If Adware Attacks, How

to Defeat It!


Topics to be

Discussed:

• What is adware?

• Techniques used by malicious adware

• How adware affects your privacy

• How to stop malicious adware

• How Quick Heal protects you from

adware


What is Adware?

Have you ever come across

annoying pop-ups with shady or

unwanted advertisements on your

computer? Such pop-ups are

displayed by software called adware.

Adware are not always malicious, but they

can be extremely annoying to the user.


Most of them look like these:


Techniques used by Malicious

Adware?

Most types of adware are not only

annoying, but they are also malicious.

These adware are generally classified as

spyware – software that steal private

information without the user knowing about it.



Adware?

A malicious adware performs a

number of operations in an infected computer.



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These include:


1. Installing unwanted files on your computer without your knowledge.


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2. Tracking your movements on the

Internet, and collecting information

about you such as passwords, bank details, keystrokes, email ids, etc.


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3. Sending the stolen/collected

information to an external server. (this server is mostly controlled by a hacker)


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4. Installing additional malicious software on the infected computer.


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5. Redirecting web browsers to

unwanted sites that are usually

infected or fake.


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6. Changing your default home

page, and reducing connection

speeds.


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Adware affect your privacy by

recording your Internet activity,

personal information, etc., and

passing it on to third parties without your consent or knowledge.

How Adware Affects your Privacy


You can stay safe against Adware

by following these simply security tips:

How to Block Adware


#Tip 1.

Do not install free software that do not have verified publishers.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 2.

Do not click on links in unknown or unwanted emails.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 3.

Do not download file attachments

that come with unknown or unwanted emails.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 4.

Do not respond to any unexpected

ad that pop-ups on any website,

especially if it talks about a prize or a lottery.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 5.

Beware of online notifications that

ask you to download ‘anti-spyware’

programs. These are scams that

trick users into buying bogus software.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 6.

Always do a bit of research about a

software and its publisher before

downloading it; especially if it is free.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 7.

Turn ON the pop-up blocker of your

browser. You can Google about the steps on how to go about it.

How to Block Adware


#Tip 8.

Protect your computer with a

security software that comes with an anti-adware feature.

How to Block Adware


Quick Heal keeps your computer

safe against adware in several ways.

How Quick Heal Protects you from

Adware


1. Quick Heal blocks fake and

malicious sites that are usually

known for installing adware and spyware on the user’s computer.


Adware


2. Quick Heal blocks emails that

carry links or attachments that carry

malicious software like spyware and other malware.


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3. Quick Heal Browser Sandbox

feature protects your computer from

spyware even if it gets automatically downloaded from any website.


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4. Quick Heal has in-built anti-

spyware feature that detects, cleans

and blocks spyware and other malicious software.


Adware


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References

http://blogs.quickheal.com/wp/lenovo-users-can-remove-superfish-adware/ http://blogs.quickheal.com/wp/how-to-block-pop-up-ads/ http://blogs.quickheal.com/wp/common-security-threats-glossary-part-ii/

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