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Hackers have created thousands of different programs, tools and utilities that help them do everything from improving the performance of their own PC, to getting software for free, cracking passwords, and gaining full access to someone else's computer. And it only takes the hacker community days or weeks to build new tools to crack the newest software released on the market.
There are unlimited ways a hacker can gain access to your computer, and there is a hacker tool for every way a hacker wishes to attack. Some of the more popular hacker tools include Trojan horses, Remote Access Trojans (RATs), Keystroke loggers, password crackers, Denial of Service (DoS) agents, back doors, trap doors, time bombs, sniffers, spoofers, surveillance, and zombies.
Hackers plant these types of hacker tools on your computer without your knowledge and then use your computer for their purposes and mischief. Anti-virus and firewall programs cannot stop the vast majority of these invasive and dangerous programs, so it becomes critical that you have a way to find and remove hacker tools from your PC.

Spyware comes in a variety of forms. The most common are "spyware cookies" and "spyware programs". A spyware cookie is any cookie that is not used only by a single web site for its private interactions with its users, but is shared across multiple sites. When multiple web sites read from the same cookie, or when they pass info from the cookie on to another site, those sites effectively share your personal information without your permission. Although spyware cookies are not that dangerous, they do invade your privacy and exploit your personal information for gain. Most people hate the fact someone is watching and tracking them while they use the Internet, and then selling your information to unscrupulous marketers and even spam operators.
Spyware programs are really commercialized hacker tools built to allow someone to literally watch you and track everything you do on your computer. There are an increasing number of these spying programs now freely available on the Internet for purchase. Many of these spyware programs send electronic greeting cards that install several hacker spy tools on your PC while you are reading the greeting card. Many of these malicious programs can allow someone to read your email, see what web sites you visit, turn on your web camera and watch you, and gather your computer passwords. The power and reach of these spyware programs is increasing all the time. The federal government has even proposed special laws to allow U.S. government officials to legally attach spyware programs to anyone's computer and then monitor them as they wish.
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