Old 31st May 2002, 08:48   #1
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what is the spyware ???

have heard abt something sneaky associated with Kazaa...something like spyware stuff.....whts that?
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Old 31st May 2002, 09:05   #2
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In general, spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet, spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about 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.
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Old 31st May 2002, 09:18   #3
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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.
its called addware
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Old 31st May 2002, 09:50   #4
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Correction: adware.
[problem]adware[/problem]
[solution]ad-aware[/solution]


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