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Define spyware: software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities … software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities over the…
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Definition of spyware. : software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities over the Internet.
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Recent Examples of spyware from the Web. 1  The links were consistent with NSO spyware, Citizen Lab found. — chicagotribune.com, Spyware sold to Mexican government was used to target experts investigating missing students, 10 July 2017.
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Definition of spyware for English Language Learners. : computer software that secretly records information about the way you use your computer.
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The spyware in question, known as Pegasus, is directed at iPhones and is activated if a target clicks on a link sent by text message. — jeff john roberts, Fortune, Mexico Bought iPhone Spying Software to Track Human Rights Investigators, 11 July 2017
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The recent proliferation of fake or spoofed antivirus products that bill themselves as antispyware can be troublesome. 1  Users may receive popups prompting them to install them to protect their computer, when it will in fact add spyware. This software is called rogue software.
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Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge.[1]
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Recent Examples of spyware from the Web. 1  The links were consistent with NSO spyware, Citizen Lab found. 2  Since 2011, Mexico has purchased at least $80 million worth of the spyware, which is sold exclusively to governments, and only on the condition that it be used against terrorists and criminals.
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Kaspersky is considered one of the foremost cybersecurity research firms in the world, and has considerable expertise in designing antivirus software and tools to uncover spyware used by Western intelligence services.
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what is a spyware
Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge.