spyware
< software> (Or "adware") Any type of software that tran smit s information without the u ser' s knowledge. Information i s sent via the Internet to a server somewhere, normally a s a hidden side effect of u sing a program. Gathering thi s information may benefit the u ser indirectly, e.g. by helping to improve the software he i s u sing. It may be collected for adverti sing purpo se s or, wor st of all, to steal security information such a s pa ssword s to online account s or credit card detail s. spyware may be in stalled along with other software or a s the re sult of a virus infection. There are many tool s available to locate and remove variou s form s of spyware from a computer. some HTTP cookies could be con sidered a s spyware a s their u se i s generally not made explicit to u ser s. It i s however po ssible to di sallow them, either totally or individually, and some are actually u seful, e.g. recording the fact that a u ser ha s logged in. . (2004-05-23) style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ as ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ by ] [ ca ] [ card ] [ cat ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ cookie ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ ding ] [ du ] [ dual ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fact ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ forms ] [ fr ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ HT ] [ ht ] [ HTTP ] [ HTTP cookie ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ Internet ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ kn ] [ knowledge ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ line ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ mall ] [ man ] [ ml ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ na ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ norm ] [ ns ] [ O ] [ ogg ] [ om ] [ pa ] [ password ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ py ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ record ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ s ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ serve ] [ server ] [ si ] [ sm ] [ so ] [ software ] [ st ] [ su ] [ T ] [ th ] [ tm ] [ to ] [ tool ] [ tp ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ us ] [ user ] [ va ] [ var ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ virus ] [ word ]
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