Look up: spyware

1. Spyware
   Software that monitors the activities of a user, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/s/index.
   
   
2. Spyware
   Computer software designed to get information from a PC without the user's informed consent. It may used for criminal (e.g. theft of credit card details) or other purposes, including commercial objectives, such as monitoring internet use in order to assist targeting, or deliver unsolicited advertisi...
   Found on http://www.agbnielsen.net/glossary/gloss
   
   
3. Spyware
   Software that is inadvertently downloaded onto the company by the user. Usually it is created to spy on the user. Often used to observe the web searching habits of users but more maliciously used to harvest usernames and passwords for the purposes of fraud.
   Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary
   
   
4. spyware
   noun computer software that obtains information from a user`s computer without the user`s knowledge or consent
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
5. spyware
   (from the article `Computers and Information Systems`) ...behaviour (such as creating Internet viruses and worms) to seeking monetary gain, primarily through information theft. Such theft often was ... Some of the threats posed to computer security were illustrated in June when a flaw in Microsoft`s Internet Explorer Web browser was exp...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/146
   
   
6. Spyware
   A somewhat vague term generally referring to software that is secretly installed on a users computer and that monitors use of the computer in some way without the users' knowledge or consent. Most spyware tries to get the user to view advertising and/or particular web pages. Some spyware also sends ...
   Found on http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.ht
   
   
7. Spyware
   Spyware is a computer term for software that may or may not display advertisements when it is running. If the host computer is not connected to the internet when running, the software attempts to make a connection and ' call home'. If the host computer is connected to the internet, information is tr...
   Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
   
   
8. spyware
   (software) (Or 'adware') Any type of software that transmits information without the user's knowledge. Information is sent via the Internet to a server somewhere, normally as a hidden side effect of using a program. Gathering this information may benefit the user indirectly, e.g. by helping to impro...
   Found on http://foldoc.org/spyware
   
   
9. Spyware
   `Spyware` is a type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user`s per...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware