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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
Any type of software that transmits
information without the user's knowledge,
usually with malicious intent. Information is sent via the
Internet to a server somewhere. This may
benefit the user indirectly, e.g. by helping to improve the software
he is using; it may be collected
for advertising purposes or to steal information such as passwords to
online accounts or credit
card details. It may come in the form of a keylogger or may even
record mouse movements.
Spyware can get installed in many different ways, e.g. by a virus
exploiting some security vulnerability
in an application or the operating system. Often it get installed
alongside, or instead of, software
that the user installs for some other purpose (the most ironic being
a spyware cleaning program).
There are many tools available to locate and remove spyware and other
malware from a computer.
Most HTTP cookies help the user, e.g. recording the fact that they
are logged in, but some others
could be considered as spyware because they are for the benefit of
advertisers rather than the user.
(2023-03-16)
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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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