1. Spyware By: Sydney Langley

2. Spyware Is software installed on your computer without your consent Spyware monitors or controls your computer use

3. What You Will Learn Symptoms Lowering your risk Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and their suggestionsFederal Trade Commission (FTC) and their suggestions Think you may have spyware

4. Symptoms of Spware Symptoms: –Barrage of pop-ups –Browser that takes you to unwanted sites –Random icons on computer screen –Keys that don’t work –Random error messages –Slow at opening programs, slow at saving files

5. How to Lower your Risk Lowering your risk: –Update your operating system and web browser –Use antivirus and anti-spyware software –Download free software from a trusted site –Don’t click on links inside pop-ups –Don’t click on pop-ups that offer anti- sypware

6. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) They say- All computer users should know signs of spyware They should be able to delete

7. FTC and Technology Suggestions –Update your operating system and web browser –Download free software from sites you know –Don’t install software without knowing what it is –Minimize “Drive-by” downloads

8. FTC and Technology Suggestions (cont.) –Don’t click on links in pop-ups –Don’t click on links offering anti-spyware –Install a personal firewall

9. Think You May Have Spyware Check in 3 steps: –Get an anti-spyware program from a vendor you know and trust –Set it to scan regularly –Delete any programs detected from software

10. What You’ve Learned Spyware can be installed on your computer without your consent Pop-ups are one of the many symptoms Updating your operating system can lower your risk

11. Citation OnGuard Online. Spyware. [Online] http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/s pyware.aspx