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Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress

Overview The term "spyware" is not well defined. Generally it is used to refer to any software that is downloaded onto a person's computer without their knowledge. Spyware may collect information about a computer user's activities and transmit that information to someone else. It may change computer settings, or cause "pop-up" advertisements to appear (in that context, it is called "adware"). Spyware may redirect a Web browser to a site different from what the user intended to visit, or change the user's home page.

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Publisher	The Library of Congress	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2004	Downloads	217
Format	White Papers
Topics	Law and Government, Spyware, Network Security

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