Top 10 antispyware applications

Darius Chang | Mar 18, 2008

Most of us are intimately familiar with computer viruses--which can cause your system to crash faster than a V8-engine in the hands of a teenage driver. But with proper backups the damage can be effectively reduced. Spyware, on the other hand, is a lot more malicious.

Like its namesake, it hides in your system waiting for a chance to strike. Some versions even destroy your system defence--antivirus software and firewalls--before going to work. Besides collecting private information like Web site history, cookies, passwords, etc., it can even take over system resources and force your machine to do things it would never otherwise do (like redirecting your mail Web page to a porn site).

So is a total system overhaul the only solution? Not if you had the help of antispyware programs. Our sister site in the US has reviewed and rated the 10 best spyware protection applications, some of which are even free. Check them out after the jump.

Via CNET

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