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2. How to detect spyware: 7 telltale signs - AOL

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   Here's how to detect it. Spyware can steal your personal and financial information online. Here's how to detect it. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...

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

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   Spyware can include hacking into the personal device of a user and bypassing security and firewalls, Kelly says. Spyware usually "monitors your behavior on a computer or device and then collects ...

4. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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   Spyware: Gathers personal and confidential information and shares it with others without your consent. Ransomware: Alters your computer system so you’re unable to log on, then demands payment to ...

5. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any malware that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means. This behavior may be present in other malware and in legitimate software.

6. 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.

7. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   Spybot-S&D has an Immunize function to block the installation of spyware before it occurs e.g. by modifying the hosts file. A secure file deleter is included. Spybot-S&D was not originally intended to replace but complement anti-virus programs (prior to v. 2.1 ' Spybot +AV '), but it does detect some common trojans and rootkits.