What is Spyware?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875em; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; padding: 0px 0px 0.17em;"> Spyware</h1> <div class="numdef" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-left: 42px; padding: 0px 7em 2em 0px; text-indent: -42px;"> <img alt="Spy" class="floatRight" height="311" src="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/shoulder.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.3em -4.3em 2em 4em; padding: 0px;" width="200" /><span class="num" style="font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 4px;">1.</span> <b>Spyware</b> is a term used to describe a <a href="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/software.htm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #663366; text-decoration: none;">software</a> program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.</div> <div class="numdef" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-left: 42px; padding: 0px 7em 2em 0px; text-indent: -42px;"> <span class="num" style="font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 4px;">2.</span> A term used to describe a software program that has been designed to track a user's activity without the user fully understanding the intentions of the program or not knowing about its installation. <b>Spyware</b> programs are often used to help with tracking users' habits and help with delivering proper advertisements to a user. <b>Spyware</b> is installed onto a user's machine when installing free programs such as free music sharing programs, visiting web pages such as adult oriented web pages, and through other downloads and plug-ins on the Internet.</div> </div>

What is Spyware?

Spyware 1.   Spyware  is a term used to describe a  software  program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monit...

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