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| − | + | Spyware differs from a virus, worm and adware in various ways. Spyware does not self-replicate and distribute itself like viruses and worms, and does not necessarily displays advertisements like adware. The common characteristics between spyware and viruses, worms, and adware are: | |
| − | + | # exploitation of the infected computer for commercial purposes | |
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Revision as of 12:06, 15 September 2008
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ASDR Table of Contents
Description
Spyware is a program that captures statistical information from a user's computer and sends it over internet without user acceptance. This information is usually obtained from cookies and the web browser’s history. Spyware can also install other software, display advertisements, or redirect the web browser activity. Spyware differs from a virus, worm and adware in various ways. Spyware does not self-replicate and distribute itself like viruses and worms, and does not necessarily displays advertisements like adware. The common characteristics between spyware and viruses, worms, and adware are:
- exploitation of the infected computer for commercial purposes
- the display, in some cases, of advertisements
Risk Factors
High
Some Spywares are very dificult to remove because they can hide they-selfs into Browser Cookies and Offline HTML Content in Temporary files.
Examples
Figure 1. A lot of toolbars added by spyware, and some working as spyware
Related Threat Agents
Related Attacks
Related Vulnerabilities
- TBD
Related Controls
- TBD
References
- http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html - Malicious
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware - Spyware
