enConfidence – Adware You Don’t Want
I’m going to share with you an experience that I recently had. You see, recently I got myself infected with some nasty adware. I didn’t know what adware was before this happened. So I’m going to explain what adware is in case you are like me and have heard the term, but don’t really know what it means. Adware is a program that was written specifically to send advertisements directly to you. Usually in the form of pop-ups, but also in the form of floating images, pop-unders, and taking control of your browser settings. I also found out that some adware tracks your web browsing activities and personal information. Adware usually comes bundled with “free” programs like toolbars, games, screen savers, etc.
To save you from doing the same thing I did and getting the same infection, I’m going to tell you what I did to get infected with the enConfidence adware. I downloaded My Daily Horoscope. Not only did I get the program My Daily Horoscope, but I also got the Begin2Search toolbar. Just to be clear, the toolbar was part of the bundle and I had no choice in its installation.
The pop-ups started almost immediately. Every time I went online I was flooded with pop-ups. I probably would have put up with the annoyance of the pop-ups if my computer and Internet speeds weren’t slowed down so much. So I went to add/remove programs and chose to uninstall the programs. Unfortunately, at system reboot the enConfidence adware was back.
At this point I know I have to look for a reliable way to get enConfidence off my computer. While looking for ways to remove enConfidence, I found that it tracks the web sites I visit and uses an unique identifier that could possibly be linked to personal information. I’m alarmed and even more determined at this point to remove enConfidence from my computer.
I found that I needed an anti-spyware program in order to remove the adware from my computer, but most adware only removes 80-90% of adware and can leave you infected. I dug around some more and discovered SpyZooka. SpyZooka gives you a 100% removal guarantee.
