Spyware.PcDataManager

Spyware.PcDataManager is spyware that infects systems with little fuss or visual cues, thereafter violating the system's privacy and resource allocation. Spyware.PcDataManager and related spyware have been verified to record the addresses of websites visited as well as keyboard input. Since a Spyware.PcDataManager infection potentially places all your data in the hands of remote criminals, you should be wary about data input until your system has been completely and aggressively cleaned.

The Emergence of the Spyware.PcDataManager Eavesdropper

Spyware.PcDataManager can slip onto any system from a Windows 95 machine to a Windows Vista one. Spyware like Spyware.PcDataManager will almost always creep onto your system through disingenuous means, such as being bundled with other files or even being installed by Trojans. The very ability of Spyware.PcDataManager to perform its intended criminal function is threatened by the user knowing of its existence, so you will not know if Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Lolbot.bz is there in typical circumstances unless you go looking.

Preventing Spyware.PcDataManager from infecting you is, therefore, the most practical solution. Spyware.PcDataManager has only been readily identified early in 2011, which necessitates keeping your security scanners up to date. Only once your anti-infection software has the definition for Spyware.PcDataManager in its database can it catch the spy before Spyware.PcDataManager drops onto your hard drive.

What This Peeping Tom Peeps On

Failing to prevent Spyware.PcDataManager's installation isn't wholly disastrous, but the danger involved shouldn't be overlooked. Spyware.PcDataManager will meddle with your system in the following ways, which put significant risk on your identity and money:

• Spyware.PcDataManager will record all input on your keyboard, regardless of whether you save that input as a file or not. The spying of these keystrokes makes every last thing you type fodder for Spyware.PcDataManager to do with as it wants.
• The Spyware.PcDataManager spyware will also keep track of which websites you visit. This may be for purposes of bundling your browsing habits into a package that can be sold to third parties, or it may be for the purposes of creating a customized malware package to infect your computer.
• Of course, all this information does the hackers little good if they can't get to it. This is why Spyware.PcDataManager also opens up a security hole in your system to send the information out to criminal elements. This added vulnerability may cause you to be attacked by other kinds of malware or by the remote hackers themselves.

Spyware.PcDataManager may only be classified as a middling risk by the experts, but the true risk of this spyware is determined by the value of the data stored on your computer. If you have passwords, account logins, or financial transaction information you value, then deleting Spyware.PcDataManager is a paramount concern for you.