Spyware getting sneakier

Today was the first time my brother got infected with spyware. Although he already had anti-spyware installed, the spyware found a way in. How? A friend messaged him in yahoo messenger to send a file. The file icon was a microsoft word icon. Looked harmless and innocent. But once he opened it, boo! spyware everywhere. I remembered ginge when she messaged me a link. I asked what that was and she said she didn't send that at all. Maybe my brother's friend didn't even know he sent that file. That's what spyware does. It's infecting your computer without you even knowing. If you don't do something about it, your computer will be one huge advertising machine to the point that it's the only function your computer can do. Spyware takes up a lot of hard disk space that it slows it down. Sometimes there's too much spyware you have no choice but to reformat.

Don't confuse spyware messages from spam messages in the ym. Spyware messages would appear like http://www.iamnotaspyware.com *emoticon here* *emoticon there* or like in my brother's case, a file. So, bitchslap your friend first and ask if he's really sending a file. On the other hand, spam messages are more of bullshit. Just like "if you don't send this in 1 hour your mom will die" (also please don't send this to everyone. it doesn't work. i've tried so much of these. none worked. and it could just be your friend making it up)

I heard my brother talking about a law against spyware is already in the process of being written. It's not yet done so spyware-ers are still at large. I also heard from him spywares are funded by the mafia (in fact, every illegal thing is funded by the mafia). So for the moment, all we can do is shield our computer from spyware by not being stupid enough to click on false advertisements that tell us that our computer is infected by spyware or clicking on other links that no one told us to do so or .. whatever just be careful. There's a free anti-spyware program named adaware you can use.