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What
is Spyware
Any
software that covertly gathers user information through
the user's Internet connection without his or her
knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware
applications are typically bundled as a hidden component
of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded
from the Internet; however, it should be noted that the
majority of shareware and freeware applications do not
come with spyware. Once installed, the spyware monitors
user activity on the Internet and transmits that
information in the background to someone else. Spyware
can also gather information about e-mail addresses and
even passwords and credit card numbers.
Spyware is similar to a Trojan horse in that users
unwittingly install the product when they install
something else. A common way to become a victim of
spyware is to download certain peer-to-peer file
swapping products that are available today.
Aside from the questions of ethics and privacy, spyware
steals from the user by using the computer's memory
resources and also by eating bandwidth as it sends
information back to the spyware's home base via the
user's Internet connection. Because spyware is using
memory and system resources, the applications running in
the background can lead to system crashes or general
system instability.
Because spyware exists as independent executable
programs, they have the ability to monitor keystrokes,
scan files on the hard drive, snoop other applications,
such as chat programs or word processors, install other
spyware programs, read cookies, change the default home
page on the Web browser, consistently relaying this
information back to the spyware author who will either
use it for advertising/marketing purposes or sell the
information to another party.
Licensing agreements that accompany software downloads
sometimes warn the user that a spyware program will be
installed along with the requested software, but the
licensing agreements may not always be read completely
because the notice of a spyware installation is often
couched in obtuse, hard-to-read legal disclaimers.
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