Adware: adware is any software application
in which advertising banners are displayed while the program
is running.
Content Filtering: On the Internet, content
filtering is the use of a program to screen and exclude from
access or availability Web pages or e-mail that is deemed
objectionable or non work-related.
Keyloggers: A keylogger or keystroke logger,
is a software program that monitors each keystroke a user
types on a specific computer's keyboard.
Malware: is any program or file that is
harmful to a computer user. Thus, malware includes computer
viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and also spyware, programming
that gathers information about a computer user without permission.
Phishing: is e-mail fraud where the perpetrator
sends out legitimate-looking e-mails that appear to come from
well known and trustworthy Web sites in an attempt to gather
personal and financial information from the recipient.
Pharming: is a scamming practice in which
malicious code is installed on a personal computer or server,
misdirecting users to fraudulent Web sites without their knowledge
or consent.
Spyware: is software that aids in gathering
information about a person or organization without their knowledge.
Trojan: is a program in which malicious
or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless programming
or data in such a way that it can get control and do its chosen
form of damage.
Virus: a piece of programming code usually
disguised as something else that causes some unexpected and
usually undesirable event. A virus is often designed so that
it is automatically spread to other computer users.
Worm: is a self-replicating virus that does
not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates
itself.
Bot: a program that operates as an agent
for a user or another program or simulates a human activity.
Surfbots, used to facilitate Internet use, often include spyware.
Spyware programs are sometimes known as spybots.
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