- Spyware is a type of software that is implanted on your computer without your knowledge.
- Spyware secretly transmits information about your online activity
and the
data stored on your computer. - Use anti-spyware programs to detect and clean spyware from your system. Download anti-spyware programs at https://downloads.its.psu.edu/.
Similar to someone looking over your shoulder and writing down information
about what you do online, Spyware
(a
type of software
that is implanted
on your computer
without your knowledge)
secretly transmits
information about
your online activity
and the data stored
on your computer.
Spyware
is often installed
as a component
of freeware
programs,
including some
peer-to-peer
(P2P) applications.
Remember to
take caution
in downloading
freeware or
accepting free
downloads. As
with personal
firewalls,
there
are anti-spyware
programs for
individual
user
machines that
help in detecting
and cleaning
spyware from
your system.
Such programs
are often free
for home or
individual
use. Two common
anti-spyware
programs are
Ad-Aware and Spybot.
