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[Spyware] is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge
. On the [Internet], [Spyware] is a program that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. [Spyware] can get in a computer as a the payload of a [Virus], as the result of installing a new program, or just simply by viewing the worng page, or lastly clicking on any button provided by some pop-up advertising window.%%%
-Data collection programs that are installed with the user's knowledge are not, properly speaking, [Spyware], if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared.%%%
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-Software that gathers information about a user as he or she navigates around the Web, it is intended to track surfing habits in order to build marketing profiles. [Spyware] is often included in "free downloads" from the Web, where the license agreement (which so many of us accept without reading) may mention that information about your habits will be transmitted back to the company's Web site-but not information specifically about you. [Spyware] is cause for public concern about privacy on the Internet.%%%
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-This type of software generally only affects [Windows] systems; if you're running [Linux] or [FreeBSD] you'll never be bothered by [large purple monkeys|BonziBuddy] or YellowLinks.%%%
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-Examples: RealPlayer, BonziBuddy, [Gator], Comet-cursor, HotBar, [New.net], etc, etc.%%%
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-BonziBuddy and most other software of this type can be removed by [Ad-aware|http://www.lavasoftusa.com]. In some cases the [Spyware] will try to remove Ad-aware first, and/or prevent lavasoft's download site from resolving so you might have to download it via an uninfected computer. (If this was the case it wouldn't be spyware but a virus)%%%
-A number of other [Spyware]-removers are available, however most of these are also [Spyware] themselves. For best results you are advised to use the following two [Spyware]-removers [Ad-aware|http://www.lavasoftusa.com], and [SpyBot - search&destroy|http://www.safer-networking.org/]. The reason for using these two are that they are both updateable over the Internet, and the one finds programs the other doesn't and vice versa.
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-Even on a clean install of [Windows] many spyware removal tools will detect a spyware program called Arkeia, which is a part of windows but can be safely destroyed.
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-''[Spyware] will make your [Windows] installation unstable or destroy it all together. Fun.''
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