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2. List of spyware programs - Wikipedia

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   The apps also download and execute a code from a remote server, breaching the Malicious Behavior section [5] of the Google Play privacy policies. Some of these plugins are detected as Adware or PUP by many Anti-Virus engines, [ 6 ] while the developer, a Chinese company GOMO Dev Team, claims in the apps' description that they will never collect ...

3. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

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   In 2015, research by Emsisoft suggested that all free download providers bundled their downloads with potentially unwanted software, and that Download.com was the worst offender. [4] Lowell Heddings expressed dismay that "Sadly, even on Google all the top results for most open source and freeware are just ads for really terrible sites that are ...

4. Drive-by download - Wikipedia

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   In computer security, a drive-by download is the unintended download of software, typically malicious software. The term "drive-by download" usually refers to a download which was authorized by a user without understanding what is being downloaded, such as in the case of a Trojan horse. In other cases, the term may simply refer to a download ...

5. Malvertising - Wikipedia

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   By visiting websites that are affected by malvertising, users are at risk of infection. There are many different methods used for injecting malicious advertisements or programs into webpages: Pop-up ads for deceptive downloads, such as fake anti-virus programs that install malicious software on the computer [2]

6. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   Most hijacking programs constantly change the settings of browsers, meaning that user choices in their own browser are overwritten. Some antivirus software identifies browser hijacking software as malicious software and can remove it. Some spyware scanning programs have a browser restore function to set the user's browser settings back to ...

7. Web threat - Wikipedia

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   The installer then installs malware rather than the Flash Player. The malware then downloads a rogue anti-spyware application, AntiSpy Spider. [8] by humanitarian, government and news sites in the UK, Israel and Asia. In this attack the compromised websites led, through a variety of redirects, to the download of a Trojan.