What is softcore spyware?
Softcore spyware uses your PC or laptop resources without your permission and collects information about you as a potential buyer, albeit not necessarily of a product in which you would normally have any interest. Examples include adware, which in one way or another subjects you to unwanted web or email ads. Softcore spyware is often nominally legal, in the sense that it does not attempt to steal critical information such as passwords or bank numbers. On the other hand, large numbers of softcore spyware applications can drag your computer down to the point where it seems “old” and unreliable, when what is really happening is that your PC or laptop is too busy running other people’s software to bother much with yours.
