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CAN SPYWARE INSTALLED IN A COMPUTER FOLLOW IF I TRANSFER MY FILES AND PROGRAMS TO A NEW ONE?C

Hello CAROL22964,

 

Welome to the Community,

 

Can spyware, viruses, or other types of malicious software be transferred?

Yes. If you transfer files containing malicious software from your old computer, that software can be transferred to your new computer. You should run antivirus and spyware protection programs at all times, especially on your old computer, before you select files to transfer. After you've transferred files to your new computer, run those programs on the new computer to make sure that no malicious software was transferred.

 

Also I'd like to mention that you look at this link for Bad PUAs

 

 The Community refer to as a PUA. (Potentially Unwanted Application) These are very annoying at best in that they cause pop-us, redirect your browser home page, and other behavior that may slow down the computer and direct ads your way, but they are not actually doing anything bad like damaging files or stealing information. Often they are installed intentionally by you the user as browser add-ons for various tasks such as quick search tools.. but they also come with the result of added annoying pop-ups and ads. Other times they 'piggy back' with other software that you installed, or try to 'sneak' onto your system entirely.

 

Make sure you rescan your computer for malware with Webroot!

 

Please let us know if you have anymore questions!,

 

Best Regards,

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