Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any software with malicious behavior that aims to gather information about a person or organization and...
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Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running...
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Hermit is spyware developed by the Italian commercial spyware vendor RCS Lab that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android....
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Microsoft Defender Antivirus (redirect from Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware)
of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7...
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This is a list of spyware programs. These common spyware programs illustrate the diversity of behaviours found in these attacks. Note that as with computer...
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Pegasus Project (investigation) (redirect from Project Pegasus (spyware))
politicians, activists, business people and others using the private Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli technology and cyber-arms company NSO Group. Pegasus...
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Cytrox (redirect from Predator (spyware))
makes malware used for cyberattacks and covert surveillance. Its Predator spyware was used to target Egyptian politician Ayman Nour in 2021 and to spy on...
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Rogue security software (redirect from Rogue anti-spyware)
SpyTrooper, Adware Sheriff, SpywareNo, SpyLocked, SpywareQuake, SpyDawn, AntiVirGear, SpyDemolisher, System Security, SpywareStrike, SpyShredder, Alpha...
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Essentials users that help determine which programs are classified as spyware. The signatures created for any submitted programs by the users of the...
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"FBI Develops Eavesdropping Tools". The Washington Post. "FBI's Secret Spyware Tracks Down Teen Who Made Bomb Threats". Wired Magazine. July 18, 2007...
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PC Tools (company) (redirect from PC Tools Spyware Doctor)
Leopard) initially released in June 2008, used to detect and remove malware, spyware and malicious exploits, using both signature-based and heuristic detection...
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SpySheriff (redirect from Spyware strike)
BraveSentry 2.0 among other names) is malware that disguises itself as anti-spyware software. It attempts to mislead the user with false security alerts, threatening...
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SpywareBlaster is an antispyware and antiadware program for Microsoft Windows designed to block the installation of ActiveX malware. SpywareBlaster is...
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decided to begin development of spyware for mobile phones in 2017, however, the sale and marketing of phone spyware was halted by the company's chairman...
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NSO Group (category Spyware companies)
an Israeli cyber-intelligence firm primarily known for its proprietary spyware Pegasus, which is capable of remote zero-click surveillance of smartphones...
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SUPERAntiSpyware is a software application which can detect and remove spyware, adware, trojan horses, rogue security software, computer worms, rootkits...
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the user clicks on the advertisement. Some advertisements also act as spyware, collecting and reporting data about the user, to be sold or used for targeted...
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Claria Corporation (redirect from Gator (spyware))
otherwise undesirable code--removed pages from its Spyware Information Center with such titles as "Is Gator Spyware?" and the "Gator Boycott List." In February...
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X-Agent (redirect from X Agent (spyware))
X-Agent or XAgent is a spyware and malware program designed to collect and transmit hacked files from machines running Windows, Linux, iOS, or Android...
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The Internet Spyware Prevention Act, also known as I-SPY, is an act by the United States Congress to impose penalties and punishments on creators of computer...
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Daxin is a backdoor exploit discovered in late 2021 by Symantec researchers. It is considered highly sophisticated and is suspected to have been operational...
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Cyberwarfare Computer worm Spyware Virus hoax Zombie computer Vincentas (11 July 2013). "Computer Viruses in SpyWareLoop.com". Spyware Loop. Archived from the...
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CA Anti-Spyware is a spyware detection program distributed by CA, Inc. Until 2007, it was known as PestPatrol. This product is now offered by Total Defense...
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Keystroke logging (category Spyware)
of software under some circumstances, anti-spyware often neglects to label keylogging programs as spyware or a virus. These applications can detect software-based...
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MS Antivirus (malware) (redirect from WinSpywareProtect)
MS Antivirus (also known as Spyware Protect 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008/Antivirus2009/SecurityTool/etc) is a scareware rogue anti-virus which purports...
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BonziBuddy (category Spyware)
other functions, as it used Microsoft Agent. BonziBuddy was described as spyware and adware, and discontinued in 2004 after the company behind it faced...
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Gatekeeper (macOS) (redirect from XProtect (spyware removal software))
Gatekeeper is a security feature of the macOS operating system by Apple. It enforces code signing and verifies downloaded applications before allowing...
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Antivirus software (redirect from Spyware blocker)
antivirus, anti-spyware, and other anti-malware programs. This monitors computer systems for suspicious activity such as computer viruses, spyware, adware, and...
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