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Spyware.notebook 1 December 13, 2013 Spyware What is a Spy ware? A spy ware is a computer software that gathers information from an user without their knowledge through their Internet connection. What are the causes of the spyware? A computer can get infected if any computer have access to internet by downloading any program or document, so you have to be careful with all the documents you download on your computer How many kinds of Spywares are there? The Spywares are divided in commercial and Domestic spywares but these are the most important or dangerous and their examples: What are the effects of spyware? One of the first effects of a spyware is that your computer starts to slowdown and this can be a sign that your computer is infected. But sometimes is hard to know if your computer is infected or not. Also can cause application freezing, failure to boot and systemwide crashes are also common. What are the solutions? First you must install on your computer an antispyware program like: MacScan, McAfee Stinger, Winddows live OneCare, etc. When you have a apyware in your computer you can download some softwares to eliminate the spyware Cookies HTTP cookies, Session cookies, zombie cookie, etc. Key loggers hypervisorbased, Kernelbased, API based, etc

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Spyware.notebook

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December 13, 2013

SpywareWhat is a Spy ware?A spy ware is a computer software that gathers information from an user without their knowledge through their Internet connection.

What are the causes of the spyware?A computer can get infected if any computer have access to internet by downloading any program or document, so you have to be careful with all the documents you download on your computer 

How many kinds of Spywares are there?

The Spywares are divided in commercial and Domestic spywares but these are the most important or dangerous and their examples:

What are the effects of spyware?One of the first effects of a spyware is that your computer starts to slowdown and this can be a sign that your computer is infected.

But sometimes is hard to know if your computer is infected or not.

Also can cause application freezing, failure to boot and system­wide crashes are also common.

What are the solutions?First you must install on your computer an anti­spyware program like: MacScan, McAfee Stinger, Winddows live OneCare, etc. 

When you have a apyware in your computer you can download some softwares to eliminate the spyware

Cookies ­ HTTP cookies, Session cookies, zombie cookie, etc.

Key loggers ­ hypervisor­based, Kernel­based, API­based, etc

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Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

http://www.ehow.com/info_8263835_causes­spyware.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spyware_removal

http://anti­spyware­review.toptenreviews.com/types­of­spyware.html

http://www.computer­network­security­training.com/common­types­of­spyware/

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/35125.html

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