Keep yourself protected from:

• Viruses
  • A computer virus is a program that has been installed on your computer that may or may not cause harm, but is designed to spread to other computers.
• Malware
  • Malware comes from "Malicious Software". It may cause damage to your computer or your data. Malware can be spread like a virus or as a "trojan", meaning that it was installed together with a different program.
• Spyware
  • Spyware is generally not directly harmful to your computer, but is designed to collect information about you or your data, and secretly pass it on.
• Adware
  1. Legitimate Adware:
     Adware can be free software that was funded by advertisers. Some of these programs allow you to buy an ad-free version.
  2. Illegitimate Adware:
     Another definition of adware are programs that act like spyware to collect information about your surfing habits etc., and then display pop-up ads and sometimes randomly ads links on web pages to paying advertisers.