Luckily there are several easy solutions to problem. But first let me make one distinction, Spyware and Adware are not same thing as a computer virus. Although a computer virus can install spyware on a computer, you will need different tools to remove a computer virus and to keep your system clean from Spyware and Adware. You should be using both a high quality commercial anti-virus program and one or more good quality programs for handling spyware/adware problem.

There are several good Spyware/adware programs on market. I use two different programs on my network, Ad-aware from Lavasoft and Spy Sweeper from Webroot Software although there are several others. You can easily find both of these by doing an internet search for Ad-aware and Spy Sweeper. Or simply do a search for spyware. Both of these programs will scan your hard drives and registry and present you with a list of spyware/adware programs hiding on your system. You can then quarantine or remove offending programs. I use both of these programs since neither one seems to catch everything. Plus I will run them 2 or more times in a row, nastier spyware will not be completely removed on first pass.

The process is very easy and I recommend running these programs at least once a week and every time you have been doing some extended web surfing. You will be surprised at how many of these spyware/adware programs will sneak onto your system. I run a very clean network and I have yet to scan my system and not come up with at least a few of these hiding on my hard drive.

So be aware of problem, take reasonable precautions, scan your system frequently, and spyware/adware curse can be broken.

Copyright 2005 - George Peirson

7. Marketing tools. If program provides you with tools like web pages, auto responders, hit tracking counters, banners, sample promotional copy, downline management systems etc you obviously don’t need to provide your own. This means two things. Firstly it minimises your costs and secondly saves you a lot of time setting them up.

8. Reputation. It’s more profitable to promote a program with a good reputation. Make sure program is viewed as reputable in marketplace. One way to do this is to conduct a search using program’s name and word “scam”. Do same for a number of programs and you’ll soon get a feel for their reputation.

9. Profitability. The best online programs make money for their owners and for people who work in them. Satisfy yourself that program provides a profit for all.

10. Sales commission. Beware programs that pay very high affiliate commissions. If a program pays very high commissions product may be over priced (a problem) or program may not have a viable business model (also a problem)

11. Compensation plan. Ensure there is provision in compensation plan for you to benefit from your direct sales and from efforts of those you introduce to business. Also look for a program, which pays residual income (sell it once, get paid forever) as well some up front payment.

12. Free look. The best online programs will allow you to join for free before signing up. These programs have nothing to hide.

With these 12 tips you can now determine best online program for you.

Good hunting and here’s to your success!