Lock out spyware and adware from your small or home network

In this sample chapter from Home Network Security Simplified, learn how to block adware and spyware from your small or home network. The chapter includes solutions for addressing the following threats:

• Advertisements popping up all over your computer screen
• Programs being installed to collect and report data on your Internet browsing habits
• Inserting toolbar or searchbar programs into your browser or applications, such as Internet Explorer, which slow down your computer's performance
• Collecting and reporting information about which Web sites you visit so that you can be targeted more effectively with advertisements and marketing

Title: Home Network Security Simplified
ISBN: 1-58720-163-1
Published: July 2006
Authors: Jim Doherty, Neil Anderson
Chapter: Chapter 5: Lock Out Spyware and Adware
Published by Cisco Press