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Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart

Classification

Spyware can be classified as a type of Trojan horse, which is a type of technology-based security incident, allowing for information security policy violation.

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Malware, Virus, Trojan, Worm

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Malware

Trojan

Virus Worms

Spyware

Malwares are the program with malicious intention. It can be damaging your computer, spying on you or any other malicious task.

Virus is a program to cause damage to computer.

Trojan is a program which is used to gain access to a computer by installing a program on infected PC to open some backdoor.

Worm is a program which infects the computers which are connected by some network. Worms slow down the network.

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Worms

Trojan

Virus

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Spyware Risk: It's Time to Get Smart

Spyware - Introduction

is like a spy, it secretly steals information.

are the program which are used to monitor/Log the activity performed on a computer.

Spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else.

can also gather information about E-mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers.

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Spyware - Introduction

Spyware can sneak onto systems, monitoring them, capturing user data, and transmitting it to third parties.

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Spyware is used to spy on some one either for legal or illegal purpose.

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What Spyware can do ?

that can be annoying and can cause your computer slow down or crash.

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that can change your web browser's home page or search page .

that can gather information about E-mail addresses and passwords and credit card numbers.

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Anti-Spyware

Anti-Spyware, as the name suggests, are security software developed to protect computers from spyware.

Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products dedicated to remove or block spyware.

Major anti-virus such as Symantec, PC Tools, McAfee and Sophos have also added anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products.

- Some popular anti-spyware:-● Spybot Search and Destroy

● Ad Aware

● Spysweeper Software

● Kaspersky

● Norton

● McAfee

● AVG

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