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The most effective spyware programs display no symptoms, so the computer user is unaware dirty tricks are being secretly perpetrated while the machine is running. Less-sophisticated spyware, however, causes various symptoms. The most common are persistent pop-ups that appear even when you aren’t surfing the Internet or are unrelated to the content you are browsing. Other symptoms include sluggish computer performance, unauthorized changes to your Internet browser’s default home page, the sudden appearance of new browser toolbars and even random crashes. In addition, dial-up Internet users may suddenly discover unidentified 900-number telephone toll charges caused by spyware programs known as dialers.
Good article on aicpa.org.
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