Anti-Spy Software: Exploring Functionality and Types of Software

This report delves into the realm of anti-spy software, elucidating its fundamental role in detecting and removing malicious programs. It examines the functionality of anti-spyware, including how it scans hard drives, monitors memory and registry, and tracks URLs to safeguard user data. The report also provides a list of common anti-spyware software such as Avira, Emsisoft, Comodo, and others. It includes references to relevant academic papers and articles. This information is valuable for understanding how to protect your computer from spyware and malware.

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Introduction
An anti-spyware software is specifically designed to detect and remove malicious programs that
install themselves in the computer (Sedighi & Ghahremani, 2015). It enable the user to remove
malware hiding in the PC or the user can also use them as anti-virus to prevent the installation of
spyware. These harmful programs usually install themselves on a computer without the
knowledge of the user. After installation the spyware software scrutinizes crucial data and
manipulate them. The anti-spyware software notifies the users of the existence of spyware giving
them a choice of removing them.
Common types of anti-spyware software.
They include: Avira free Antivirus, Emsisoft Anti-Malware, eScan Total Security Suite, Comodo
internet Security Suite, Malware bytes Premium Trial, Spy ware Terminator, Microsoft Safety
Scanner, McAfee Total Protection, AVG Antvirus Free and Avast Free Antivirus.
How they work
According to Ekanem (2016) these software protect the programs in the following ways as
outlined below
Scanning the hard disk
The protection program searches all the existing files in the computer’s hard drive for matches
eliminating unique software.
Memory and registry scans
The spyware software scans the computer memory and registry so as to detect the modifications
that have been made by the spyware fixing them.

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URL monitoring
The anti-spy software keeps track of the websites visited by the user and monitoring the cookies
against the data base of a familiar spyware alerting the user of the existence of the spyware.

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References
Ekanem, A. (2016). Adware and Spyware: How to Remove and Protect Your Computer against
Adware and Spyware. Lulu Press, Inc.
Sedighi, R., & Ghahremani, M. (2015). Investigating and Identifying the Cybercrimes Relevant
to Banking Network and the Quality of Prevention (the case study of Mahabad banks).