Definition Spyware has been subdivided into various categories, but the distinctions among them are not clear-cut. Nor is the distinction between spyware and other types of electronic threats. Here are some of the categories:
How it gets onto your computer
What spyware does
Spyware usually begins running as soon as you boot up your computer and runs continuously, wasting your computer’s resources (e.g., RAM, CPU cycles), slowing it down or causing it to crash frequently. In addition, when spyware is sending information from your computer over the internet, it is wasting bandwidth and slowing down traffic. Unlike viruses and worms, spyware cannot replicate itself, but these threats can be used to deliver spyware. Minimizing the possibility of getting it
Indications that you may already have spyware
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