What is Spyware?

What is Is it dangerous SPY WARE ? Spyware is a type of malware that install in a computer, and then collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge. It is hidden from the user. The first recorded use of the term spyware occurred on 16 October 1995 in a Usenet post that poked fun at Microsoft's business model. 1995 Computers on which Internet Explorer (IE) is the primary browser are particularly vulnerable to such attacks, because its tight integration with Windows allows spyware access to crucial parts of the operating system. SPYWAREUnlike viruses and worms, spyware does not usually self-replicate. Spyware can be dropped as a payload by a worm. A spyware program is rarely alone on a computer.They are in multiples. Many spyware programs display advertisements. Spyware has been used to surreptitiously monitor electronic activities of partners. FACTS ............. FACTS ............. Unauthorized access to a computer is illegal under computer crime laws. Web advertisers sometime try to track browsing activity, as spyware. As the spyware threat has worsened, a number of techniques have emerged to counteract it. Anti-spyware programs They provide real time protection against the installation of spyware software on the computer. They are also used solely for detection and removal of spyware software that has already been installed onto the computer. Security practices Install a web browser other than IE. Use firewalls and web proxies. Some users install a large hosts file which prevents the user's computer from connecting to known spyware-related web addresses. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware Infographic by: bestspywareremovers.info

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What is Is it dangerous

SPY WARE?

Spyware is a type of malware thatinstall in a computer, and then collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge.

It is hidden from the user.

The first recorded use of the term spyware occurred on 16 October 1995 in a Usenet post that poked fun at Microsoft's business model.1995

Computers on which Internet Explorer (IE) is the primary browser are particularly vulnerable to such attacks, because itstight integration with Windows allows spyware access to crucial parts of the operating system.

SPYWARE

Unlike viruses and worms, spyware does not usually self-replicate.

Spyware can be dropped as a payload by a worm.

A spyware program is rarely alone on a computer.They are in multiples.

Many spyware programs display advertisements.

Spyware has been used to surreptitiously monitor electronic activities of partners.

FACTS .............FACTS .............

Unauthorized access to a computer is illegal under computer crime laws.

Web advertisers sometime try to track browsing activity, as spyware.

As the spyware threat has worsened, a number of techniqueshave emerged to counteract it.

Anti-spyware programs

They provide real time protection against the installation of spyware software on the computer.