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spyware
(wn) | spyware
n 1: computer software that obtains information from a user's
computer without the user's knowledge or consent |
spyware
(foldoc) | spyware
sypware
(Or "adware") Any type of software that transmits
information without the user's knowledge.
Information is sent via the Internet to a server somewhere,
normally as a hidden side effect of using a program.
Gathering this information may benefit the user indirectly,
e.g. by helping to improve the software he is using. It may
be collected for advertising purposes or, worst of all, to
steal security information such as passwords to online
accounts or credit card details.
Spyware may be installed along with other software or as the
result of a virus infection. There are many tools available
to locate and remove various forms of spyware from a computer.
Some HTTP cookies could be considered as spyware as their
use is generally not made explicit to users. It is however
possible to disallow them, either totally or individually, and
some are actually useful, e.g. recording the fact that a user
has logged in.
(http://spychecker.com/spyware.html).
(2004-05-23)
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spyware
(jargon) | spyware
n.
1. Software which, when installed by a user insufficiently enlightened to
avoid it, enables third parties to snoop the user's hard drive or monitor
their network transactions. Though the term seems to have entered use in
the late 1990s, it achieved real popularity as applied to Microsoft Windows
XP. Some back door features in XP permit Microsoft to (for example)
covertly scan your disk directories for the names of files it might deem to
be warez.
2. Systems for spying on email and web traffic, such as the FBI's
Carnivore.
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