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2. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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   Keylogging and screen scraping: Secretly records every keystroke and/or your computer screen to steal passwords and other confidential information. How malware gets on your computer

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

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   What is spyware? "Spyware is software with malicious intent or purpose," Tom Kelly, president and chief executive officer of the consumer privacy platform IDX, tells Yahoo Life. "This software can ...

4. HijackThis - Wikipedia

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   The program is notable for quickly scanning a user's computer to display the most common locations of malware, rather than relying on a database of known spyware. HijackThis is used primarily for diagnosis of malware, not to remove or detect spyware—as uninformed use of its removal facilities can cause significant software damage to a computer.

5. Microsoft SmartScreen - Wikipedia

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   With the release of Internet Explorer 8, the Phishing Filter was renamed to SmartScreen and extended to include protection from socially engineered malware.Every website and download is checked against a local list of popular legitimate websites; if the site is not listed, the entire address is sent to Microsoft for further checks. [2]

6. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   They can provide real-time protection in a manner similar to that of anti-virus protection: all incoming network data is scanned for spyware, and any detected threats are blocked. Anti-spyware software programs can be used solely for detection and removal of spyware software that has already been installed into the computer.

7. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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   If one is drastically different from the others, remove it and change your password. Be aware that there are some legitimate reasons why your history can show unfamiliar locations, such as your mobile device detecting the wrong location or Internet provider using a proxy server.