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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on April 11th, 2004

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What is spyware?

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  • by CogitoErgoCogitoSum on September 1st, 2008

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    Its like a virus, but it doesnt do anything bad to you besides invades privacy. It collects information about your computer usage and internet activity, and sends it to a site that polls this information. Its used by companies to ascertain which sites get more traffic, and what products to spam your mailbox with.

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  • by caredog2008 on January 29th, 2008

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    this site as a very good definition of spyware and what it does...

    http://www.spywareremovaldoctor.com/

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  • by h8siam on May 31st, 2004

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    Software that tracks usage and reports it to others, such as advertisers Usually the tracking is concealed from the user of the software.

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  • by amit khurana on October 26th, 2009

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    Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and that collects information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's personal computer. Sometimes, however, spywares such as keyloggers are installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer on purpose in order to secretly monitor other users.

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  • by Ghoul on June 19th, 2009

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    Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to collect information about a user, their computer or browsing habits without the user's informed consent.
    While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user's behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits and sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software and redirecting Web browser activity. Spyware is known to change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and/or loss of Internet or functionality of other programs. In an attempt to increase the understanding of spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software.

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  • by james123 on May 28th, 2009

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    Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet (where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program

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  • by jonnty on June 19th, 2009

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    Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to collect information about a user, their computer or browsing habits without the user's informed consent.[1]

    While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user's behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits and sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software and redirecting Web browser activity. Spyware is known to change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and/or loss of Internet or functionality of other programs. In an attempt to increase the understanding of spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software.
    Hope it helps you.

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  • by caryan on September 1st, 2008

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    Any malicious software that is designed to take partial or full control of a computer's operation without the knowledge of its user and secretly gathers personal information about users without their informed consent.

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