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2. List of spyware programs - Wikipedia

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   HuntBar, aka WinTools or Adware.Websearch, was installed by an ActiveX drive-by download at affiliate Web sites, or by advertisements displayed by other spyware programs—an example of how spyware can install more spyware. These programs add toolbars to IE, track aggregate browsing behavior, redirect affiliate references, and display ...

3. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   Spyware is mostly classified into four types: adware, system monitors, tracking including web tracking, and trojans; [9] examples of other notorious types include digital rights management capabilities that "phone home", keyloggers, rootkits, and web beacons.

4. What is spyware, exactly? Cybersecurity experts explain - AOL

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   Spyware is one of those terms that's thrown around a lot in cybersecurity that you might be a little hazy on what, exactly, it is. ... Examples include weight-loss ads that promote cure-all pills ...

5. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

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   New spyware programs are constantly being released in what seems to be a never-ending stream, although the increase has leveled out somewhat over the last few years. According to developers of anti-spyware programs, the fight against spyware is more complicated than the fight against viruses, trojan horses, and worms. [14]

6. What is spyware — and how can you protect yourself? - AOL

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   Spyware is a form of malicious software that can steal your passwords and credit card numbers, or even capture your personal identity. ... for example, often ask if you want to remain logged in ...

7. Malware - Wikipedia

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   An example of this is a portable execution infection, a technique, usually used to spread malware, that inserts extra data or executable code into PE files. [34] A computer virus is software that embeds itself in some other executable software (including the operating system itself) on the target system without the user's knowledge and consent ...