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Spyware is a broad category of malicious software (malware) intended to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the user's informed consent. The software surreptitiously monitors the user as a spy would, dermining the computer's operation for the benefit of a third party.
Spyware programs differ from computer viruses and worms in that they do not usually self-replicate. However, spyware also differs from earlier categories of malware in that its designers almost always explicitly aim at commercial or financially fraudulent exploitation of the infected computer
Spyware programs exhibit many different behaviors. These include the delivery of unsolicited pop-up advertisements; the theft of personal financial information such as credit card numbers; the monitoring of web-browsing activity for marketing purposes; or the re-routing of web-page requests to sites filled with advertisements profitable to the offender.
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