Spyware is a type of malicious software that secretly monitors user activity and collects sensitive information like passwords and credit card details, often leading to privacy violations. It can slow down computers, change browser settings, and is often bundled within other malware like trojans or worms. Anti-spyware solutions from various companies exist to protect against and remove such threats.

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Classification
Spyware can be classified as a type of Trojan
horse, which is a type of technology-based
security incident, allowing for information
security policy violation.
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Malware, Virus, Trojan, Worm
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Malware
Trojan
Virus Worms
Spyware
Malwares are the program with malicious
intention. It can be damaging your computer,
spying on you or any other malicious task.
Virus is a program to cause damage to computer.
Trojan is a program which is used to gain access
to a computer by installing a program on infected
PC to open some backdoor.
Worm is a program which infects the computers
which are connected by some network. Worms
slow down the network.

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Worms
Trojan
Virus

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Spyware - Introduction
is like a spy, it secretly steals information.
are the program which are used to monitor/Log the activity performed on
a computer.
Spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that
information in the background to someone else.
can also gather information about E-mail addresses and even passwords
and credit card numbers.
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Spyware - Introduction
Spyware can sneak onto systems, monitoring them, capturing user data, and
transmitting it to third parties.
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Spyware is used to spy on some one either for legal or illegal purpose.

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What Spyware can do ?
that can be annoying and can cause your
computer slow down or crash.
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that can change your web
browser's home page or
search page .
that can gather information about E-
mail addresses and passwords and
credit card numbers.

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Anti-Spyware
Anti-Spyware, as the name suggests, are security software developed to protect
computers from spyware.
Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products dedicated
to remove or block spyware.
Major anti-virus such as Symantec, PC Tools, McAfee and Sophos have also
added anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products.
- Some popular anti-spyware:-
● Spybot Search and Destroy
● Ad Aware
● Spysweeper Software
● Kaspersky
● Norton
● McAfee
● AVG
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