What is a Registry Error?

The Windows Registry is an operating system that holds important information about your computer such as settings for all the softwares, hardwares, registry keys, files, and preferences on your Windows PC. Whenever a user makes changes to "Control Panel" settings, or file associations, system policies, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the registry.Overtime, these Windows registry keys and files can accumulate and corrupt your Pc due to invalid entries that exist in your system registry, as software and hardware is added and removed from your computer. Removing these invalid entries can significantly improve your system performance and compatibility.

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What is Adware?

Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used.It is integrated into or bundled with a program. It is usually seen by the programmer as a way to recover programming development costs, and in some cases it may allow the program to be provided to the user free of charge or at a reduced price. The advertising income may allow or motivate the programmer to continue to write, maintain and upgrade the software product.

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What is Spyware?

Spyware refers to a broad category of malicious software designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the informed consent of that machine's owner or legitimate user. While the term taken literally suggests software that surreptitiously monitors the user, it has come to refer more broadly to software that subverts the computer's operation for the benefit of a third party. Spyware differs from viruses and worms in that it does not usually self-replicate. Like many recent viruses, however, spyware – by design – exploits infected computers for commercial gain. Typical tactics furthering this goal include delivery of unsolicited pop-up advertisements; theft of personal information (including financial information such as credit card numbers); monitoring of Web-browsing activity for marketing purposes; or routing of HTTP requests to advertising sites.

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What is a Computer Virus?

Computer viruses are programs or programing codes that self replicates and spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. Normally, they are transmitted through network shares by making copies of themselves via email attachments, downloaded file, or through diskettes and CDs. Viruses have a destructive payload , which can waste and overwhelm computer resources. In any case, viruses can disrupt computer systems and damage the data contained upon them.

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What is a Pop-Up?

Pop-up ads are a form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to increase web traffic or capture email addresses. It works when certain web sites open a new web browser window to display advertisements. The pop-up window containing an advertisement is usually generated by JavaScript, but can be generated by other means as well. A variation on the pop-up window is the pop-under advertisement. This opens a new browser window, behind the active window. Pop-unders interrupt the user less, but are not seen until the desired windows are closed, making it more difficult for the user to determine which Web site opened them.

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What is Malware?

Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owner's consent. The term malware describes the intent of the creator, rather than any particular features. Malware is commonly taken to include computer viruses, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. It is also known as a computer contaminant.

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What is a Computer Worm?

Computer worms are self-replicating computer programs just like a computer virus that doesn not need a host program.The worm attaches itself, and becomes part of operating systems designed to exploit the file transmission capabilities found on many computers. The main difference between a computer virus and a worm is that a virus cannot propagate by itself whereas worms can. A worm uses a network to send copies of itself to other systems and it does so without any intervention. In general, worms harm the network and consume bandwidth, whereas viruses infect or corrupt files on a targeted computer. Viruses generally do not affect network performance, as their malicious activities are mostly confined within the target computer itself.

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