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My AVP has detected and neturalised two pieces of riskware. Is it the case that riskware can be used by hackers to gain access to information on your computer?

"‘Riskware’ is the generic term used by Kaspersky Lab to describe
programs that are legitimate in themselves, but that have the potential
for misuse by cyber criminals: for example, remote administration utilities.
Such programs have always had the potential to be misused, but they
now have a higher profile. During the last few years, there has been a
fusion of ‘traditional’ virus techniques with those of hackers. In the
changing climate, such ‘riskware’ programs have come in to their own as
a means of controlling machines for malicious purposes."

Thanks for that.

I use Steganos AV 2007 which is a derived from Kaspersky.

Be safe :- )

I always try to be. !thumbsup!

This site is always worth visiting for disabling of those stupid windows programs that put your computer at risk

(as posted by Magoo eons ago)

!thumbsup!

Then theres the bible of spyware removal and all its pitfalls