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In the virtual universe that the internet is, just like the real universe, good things can be bad. It all depends on how they are used.

Spywares started when website owners tried to understand the user of the site better. By responding well to the users unique browsing experience, the website owner can make the visit to the site a more positive experience, which is good for the user as well as the site owner.

Spyware, however, shows its evil face when it is overused in that respect and worse, is misused with bad intentions. Instead of trying to enhance the user’s site experience, private, financial data is stolen and sent out. The goal of the spyware has moved instead to stealing private information.

With the boom of the internet or the virtual universe in the mid to late 90’s, spywares also followed booming. Too many spywares and malwares are released to the internet by evil intentioned programmers that it is no longer safe to ignore them since info stolen can and actually be used to steal money to huge amounts.

So anti spywares also boomed. They are created with specific purpose of finding and combating the spywares in the virtual battlefield. They are mostly successful because antispywares are usually created by well coordinated and informed programmers working in established commercial enterprises instead of the usually isolated or badly coordinated programmers creating the spywares.

It is when special spywares are created in a coordinated, well thought out manner that it sometimes become major hazards. The moment a spyware is released to the virtual universe, it can start causing havoc immediately. Anti spywares only come out later after the spywares have led to damage.

The worse arrives when spywares which look like anti spywares were created. Created by the most skillfull but bad hearted programmers, these are the most difficult to fight againts especially for the non-technical population of the internet.

Understanding spywares and malwares is very important as you join the virtual universe. The best firewalls and antispywares will be broken by newer spywares. Hence it pays for the layman at least to grasp some understanding on this. The technicalities should not make you ignorant. Once you understand at least to some level, you reduce your chance of getting damaged badly.