Hidden Worms

When we hear about PC security on the internet we all know by now not to download anything from the internet that comes from an unknown source. However a fair amount of the worms and pop-ups that are on people's computers come from products we download knownly. Programs such as kazaa and other P2P programs come with data mining programs that go into you system registry collect data and use that data to create pop-up's on your computer. The major problem with this is that as long as you click "yes" to the user agreement you are agreeing to them doing this. To combat these issues make sure you download programs from sites such as CleanSoftware.org, that provide spyware free versions of the same software you probably already have on your computer.