{"id":698,"date":"2015-02-26T23:57:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T23:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/sw-austin-tx\/?p=698"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:35:37","slug":"spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/sw-austin-tx\/spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Spyware?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spyware is the combination of the words <strong>Spy<\/strong> and soft<strong>ware<\/strong> making up the word. Now before you start thinking cloak and dagger, fedora and trench coat, North Korea, China, NSA, FBI or your ex, it is not a black hat is that. Spyware does gather information about how and what you use your computer for; what do you email about; what do you search on; etc. Its purpose is not to deliver that information to some government entity or your ex (typically). The purpose is marketing and advertisement \u2013 specifically targeted marketing or to be able to deliver \u201crelevant ad content\u201d.\u00a0 If they deliver an ad to you on something you\u2019re interested in, you\u2019re more likely to click on that ad and they get paid when you do.\u00a0\u00a0 In many senses it is not much different than what search engines (google, yahoo, bing, aol, etc) do or even what big retail stores do by capturing your purchase to a \u201creward card\u201d or with your Credit Card number. Except that it typically is running all the time capturing everything you do whether or not you are using their application or service.\u00a0 It is typically installed with your permission but covertly hiding an acknowledgement inside the licensing agreement that most agree to without read for some other usually free piece of software. When Spyware is present a sister adware program is also usually\u00a0found. They can also include a backdoor downloader program \u2013 allowing other programs to be downloaded and installed without your knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0 Because they give you \u201cfree\u201d use of a program and disclose they are installing \u201cother programs\u201d in exchange for that use, they often operate in a \u201cgray area\u201d of the law.\u00a0\u00a0 Some have actually filed suit against big anti-malware companies to get their spyware programs removed from detection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spyware is the combination of the words Spy and software making up the word. Now before you start thinking cloak and dagger, fedora and trench coat, North Korea, China, NSA, FBI or your ex, it is not a black hat is that. 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