With no intention of pointing fingers here at Deborah or anyone else. I do advise all caution as a past computer security consultant.
Executing "tools" or programs that are seemingly friendly programs can be dual or multi layer programs embedded with a simple joiner program. When you run what seems and is an actual program that can be helpful and function exactly as it is supposed to, you may also be running a program that is not at all intended to be on your computer and does not have any visable signs of being there.
These programs can be any thing from screen capture and email senders to trojans to any number of other malicious codes that can do anything from executing a simple script all the way up to warping your rundll program in windows or other complex actions.
Anti virus and anti spyware programs are only as good as the latest update and effective only against the more common threats. A skilled script kiddie or hacker can develop programs that do not get widely distributed and go under the radar of reqular virus and malicious code detections.
There are also the old hackers( and a few new ones) that are skilled in the old dos level languages or even bios and low level system programming that no reqular programs are really made to detect.
While some of the best programs I have seen are the free ware programs also some of the most dangerous ones are as well.
My contention is a reasonable one and that is if you are going to make a fortune using a program they why would you need a free program to do this as you surely could purchase the ultimate programs with such returns on your investments. We have historically developed all our programs that we use on our internet ventures in house as we was able to do so due to the fact they did really make us money and not just a pretend or marketing hype thing.
Making money on the internet is certainly possible but its not for free and its not for easy. It requires intense time measures and knowledagable marketing skills. If it were not so then every one would be doing it.
Think about it.
Charlie