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Software installed on your computer without your permission or consent that reports your actions, invades your privacy or compromises control of your computer.
- Replace your home page setting without your permission or knowledge
- Record your keystrokes
- Track your computer usage and habits
- Generate pop up ads
- Tattle on your internet browsing/surfing habits
- Lead to Identity Theft
- Sudden and unending popups (usually the second you open a browser or connect online)
- Your home page is changed and you cannot change it back ( hijacked)
- New toolbars appear and you didn't install them
- Random error messages
- Your computer takes longer to boot up than normal
- Your mouse pointer may appear to shake constantly or appear in hourglass mode when you are not running anything.
- New icons on your desktop or start up bar that you did not install

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