Another way these programs get downloaded to your pc is when you are downloading files or software from a site that has these files. I spent the past 16 years as a systems analyst for a very large company. From this experience I have found that it is helpful to have some sort of spyware removal software on your computer.

It is quite common that many sites that offer free downloads infect your PC with spyware. Once a spyware file is downloaded to your PC it monitors your activity as well as were you go on the web, all your keystrokes, and many other things. The information that the spyware file gathers gets automatically sent off to its host site without your knowledge.

Adware infections are very similar and can slow your computer down the same as the spyware. You may suspect your infected by adware when you keep getting redirected to other sites and receive tons of pop ups.

Spyware programs, once loaded on your computer can really slow your pc down to a snails pace. Sometimes they cause such problems that you can no longer even use your pc. Proper removal of the spyware is crucial in order to clean up your pc.

It is important to choose reliable spyware removal software that will effectively remove spyware and these unwanted spyware files from you computer. It is also important to make sure you have the most up to date spyware removal software on the market.

When choosing what sites to go to on the web you should be safe and carefully choose what site you are directing yourself to. Popular big name companies and such are usually very safe sites to visit. Remember not all sites that offer free software are sites that will infect your computer. However I have noticed that many sites that do offer free stuff to download like games, movies, and free software are many times the source of these spyware files.

Surf the Internet safely and be careful what sites you surf and buy your self a good spyware protection program. One program I have had great success with over the years is NoAdware. The software will remove adware and spyware from your pc. I will post another article soon with a review of the NoAdware spyware removal software. If you would like to see the software click on the link at the top of this page.

You can go to some of my websites by visiting these linksSpyware and Spyware Removal Software

P.S. The adware keeps forcing popups fake security alerts and trying to get me to download fake adware and privacy things
*EDIT Thanks for all the help guys, but after a little snooping I found its source and its roots and stuff,
did a little research and my computers clean as a whistle now
*MORE EDIT
Also just for more people reading this, some of the “adware removers” listed in the answers aren’t all that safe themselves.

The name of the adware is Aveo Attune (close to that.) Now it’s latched onto my system task plane and saying that it’s currently starting up. Although it WAS my foolish choice to install the bundled software (I admit it’s a stupid mistake, there I’ve said it! Because when I looked it up online before downloading, the first page said it was coupled with McAFee as a good thing.), my Windows Firewall is blocking its online connections. I also have Ad-Aware SE Plus (and I thought that alone would have been enough to keep bad things at bay) and it removed something related to Aveo when I did a full-system scan. The program refuses to be deleted from Add or Remove Programs under some message that “installation is not yet complete, please finish that first and then uninstall”, which may or may not b/c the firewall blocking its connections. I don’t want to go messing in my registry, I don’t have the experience or backup.

OK, so that’s the info.