Spyware
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:09:00
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (535 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (535 words)
Spyware is a universal phrase used for software that executes certain behaviors such as advertising, collecting personal information, or changing the configuration of your computer, usually without properly acquiring your permission. Spyware is often associated with software that displays advertisements, known as adware. Adware is considered any software application in which advertising banners are displayed while the program is running. Adware runs, by "collecting information about the user in order to display advertisements in the …
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