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ALSO CALLED: Spy Software, Spyware Viruses, Tracking Software, Internet Spyware, Computer Monitoring Spy Software, and Spybot DEFINITION: Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet (where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about … Definition continues below.

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Locking down Your Web Applications sponsored by thawte Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 15 Sep 2005 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: In this final Web Security School webcast, Mike Cobb, Managing Director of Cobweb Applications Ltd. and author of IIS Security, looks at how the actual content of your Web site can open holes in its defenses. TOPICS: Data Mirroring \| Internet Explorer \| Internet Security \| Personal Computers \| Phishing \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Users \| Spyware \| Web Application Security

Spyware: Counterintelligence sponsored by Symantec Corporation WEBCAST: Posted: 13 Sep 2005 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: Learn how to focus on proactively protecting your enterprise from spyware, bots and increasing security risks, as well as uncovering the hidden costs associated with allowing spyware to run rampant in IT organizations. TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Cookies \| Intrusion Prevention \| Spyware \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

SPYWARE DEFINITION (continued): … the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program.

Data collecting programs that are installed with the user's knowledge are not, properly speaking, spyware, if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared. However, spyware is often installed without the user's consent, as a drive-by download, or as the result of …
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