This is part of on-going improvements. The website has lots of links to various and interesting subjects as well as a Multi-search, a news headlines search and free website promotion.

Is it a Portal and is it Great?

See what you think. http://www.agreatportal.com

As part of an on-going improvements website A Great Portal has moved to a new website address, of http://www.agreatportal.com. The new websites address should be easier to remember, AGreatPortal.com and to tell your friends about. So what is A Great Portal website about, why new website address, what is so Great and what is a Portal?

A Great Portal is described as being Great links to great web sites and features links to other websites about: Special offers and bargains, cutting edge technology, free software, jigsaw puzzles, useful business links, career links, humour, fun, golf, Elvis Presley, stories, relaxation, teenager pages, a crazy dancing sheep and other jokes. Relaxation and stress information. Lots of various and interesting subjects. Multi-search and news headlines search, free website promotion.

What is spyware? Spyware is when a program is placed on your PC without your consent. The most common way for this to happen is when you install a separate application such as a file sharing program or free download utility on your computer. The program you install also places some "extra" programs on your PC. These extra programs perform tasks from recording what websites you visit to popping up ads on your screen. More worrying are spyware programs that record everything you type on your keyboard. That's right. Your most private instant messages, emails and chat room discussions can easily be stored and transmitted without your approval. Scary stuff!

Are there different types of spyware? There are many different classifications of spyware but following are most dangerous types:

Adware The most common type of spyware. These are small programs which sit on your computer waiting for you to go online. Once adware detects that you're connected to Internet it starts sending you popup, popover and popunder ads for anything from airline tickets to porn site membership. Not only that but information on your viewing habits is then sold on to marketing companies who will then send you more junk email and popup ads than you ever thought possible.

Browser Hijacker These are just plain annoying. These install themselves on your computer and change your default homepage and search engine to something else. Every time you start your web browser it will bring you to a page filled with ads, porn or other unwanted material. This interrupts your web browsing and is intensely annoying. Most browser hijackers are also data miners. A data mining program reports your web browsing habits to a central database. This information is then sold on to marketing companies.