Wednesday, 18. August 2004
Topic: COMPUTER - on August 18, 2004 at 6:51:00 PM CEST
Nightmare on Web Street
New Spyware Uses Virus Tricks to Make Removal Difficult
Online security experts say there is a new type of sneaky software floating around in cyberspace. And like its namesake, Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street horror movie franchise, it's an online threat that just won't die.
The new scourge of the online world is a particularly nasty form of spyware — programs that are secretively downloaded when a Web surfer visits a particular site. Once installed on the unsuspecting user's computer, the program will gather information on users as they surf the Net.
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