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2. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any software with malicious behavior that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means.

3. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   Spybot – Search & Destroy ( S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software . Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish ...

4. Adware - Wikipedia

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   However, most adware operates legally and some adware manufacturers have even sued antivirus companies for blocking adware. Programs have been developed to detect, quarantine, and remove advertisement-displaying malware, including Ad-Aware, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, Spyware Doctor and Spybot – Search & Destroy.

5. What is spyware, exactly? Cybersecurity experts explain - AOL

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   Spyware can include hacking into the personal device of a user and bypassing security and firewalls, Kelly says. Spyware usually "monitors your behavior on a computer or device and then collects ...

6. Malware - Wikipedia

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   Adware. Some types of adware (using stolen certificates) turn off anti-malware and virus protection; technical remedies are available. Spyware. Programs designed to monitor users' web browsing, display unsolicited advertisements, or redirect affiliate marketing revenues are called spyware. Spyware programs do not spread like viruses; instead ...

7. Malwarebytes (software) - Wikipedia

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   Malwarebytes is primarily a scanner that scans and removes malicious software, including rogue security software, adware, and spyware. Malwarebytes scans in batch mode , rather than scanning all files opened, reducing interference if another on-demand anti-malware software is also running on the computer.