What are the noticeable effects of spyware?
Spyware may affect your computer in many different ways. The most common signs are as follows: Your homepage may be changed to something that you didn’t set it to and you may have difficulty changing it back. New toolbars or search engines may be installed in Internet Explorer. Pop-up advertising may take over your computer. You may encounter strange problems with Windows programs (overall slowness, strange errors, program problems, etc.). Ports may be blocked on your Internet connection what would prohibit some Internet applications from functioning.