Spyware by Markus Wahlgren
Spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and send them to interested persons. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program. Most often this information is a record of a victim’s... A Trojan horse is program that sends the personal information of from the victim’s computer to another computer. ... The difference is viruses are attached to other programs whereas Trojan Horses are independent programs.

Free Program Removes Spyware not Detected by Premium Security Scan by Ed Zivkovic
What is Spyware? Spyware monitors your surfing habits and sends the data off to some remote server in cyberland. Your computer can get infected with spyware easily by visiting a web page or installing a software program. Kazza is a classic example of a free software download riddled with spyware. ... My most recent scan detected a Trojan Horse called Download.Trojan. ... I allow my anti-virus program to delete all infected emails along with any attachments. ... This version of Norton is the top of the range when it comes to detecting all manner of viruses including Trojan horses, spyware,...

PSP - Game or Brick ? by Mohamed Aas
The extremely popular PlayStation Portable game device has become the latest target of malicious software writers, with the discovery of a "Trojan horse" program that renders the machines inoperable. PSP is specially designed to run only approved programs and games but unauthorised codes or... Researchers at antivirus firm Symantec say the Trojan, dubbed Trojan.PSPBrick, was found circulating on gaming web sites last week. ... He believes there is no way to remedy an infected machine without taking it for costly repairs.

Computer Security Ethics and Privacy by Jeff Casmer
Today, many people rely on computers to do homework, work, and create or store useful information. Therefore, it is important for the information on the computer to be stored and kept properly. It is also extremely important for people on computers to protect their computer from data loss,... You know when a computer is infected by a virus, worm, or Trojan horse if one or more of these acts happen: Screen shots of weird messages or pictures appear. ... Today, a very common way that people get a computer virus, worm, or Trojan horse is when they open up an infected file through an email...

Virus or Spyware - What's the Difference? by Dave Fraser
This month's article is one of the things I still find comes up as a frequent question, "what's the difference between Viruses and Spyware"? so I will try and answer that here. One of the biggest slowdowns of a PC is caused by viruses, adware or spyware as it's often called. ... The name comes from the story of the Trojan horse where the Greeks hid inside the wooden horse left as a peace offering and were wheeled in to the fort by the Trojans themselves. ... Then at night the Greeks crept out of the horse and opened the gates to let the enemy in.

Software - Norton Security by Michael Russell
You turn on your computer and hit the Internet and the next thing you hear is the sound of your hard drive coming to a screeching halt. You've just been another victim of a back door Trojan, or more likely, worse and your PC is now dust. Okay, maybe it doesn't happen just that way, but it could. ... These programs got their name from the old legend of the Trojan Horse that the Greeks used to break into the city of Troy with. ... Norton Anti Virus is a protection against files that you may download off the Internet that may contain viruses which ultimately can either shut your computer down...

Computer Viruses an Over View by Roger Overanout
Computer security is a vitally important issue in today's society, a lot of the most critical aspects of our lives require computers, and keeping those computers secure is critical. The popularity of the Internet and the amount of time we spend making use of it has made it very simple to spread... There are a number of ways viruses are delivered, and as a Trojan horse is the most common. ... Viruses tend to fall into two major types, Worms or Trojan horses, but just to complicate things Trojan horses, can be a type of worm.

New Computer? Steps to Protect Your Computer Before Connecting to the Internet by Steve Freedman
Getting a new computer should be an exciting and gratifying experience. After all, you’ll be able to do things faster, safer and without having to worry that your old hard drive is so full that one more file will “break the camel’s back.” However, there are dangers out there that probably... Only download software patches from known, trusted sites (i.e., the software vendors' own sites), in order to minimize the possibility of an intruder gaining access through the use of Trojan horse software.

What is Spyware and How to remove it by Gary Martin
Spyware, Malware Adware etc. What do words like these conjure up for you? I know what they do for me: a menace. I think we've all had bad experiences with it? And we definately want to get rid of it! Spyware away if you will, As you can tell, i'm anti-spyware. ... So what is needed is to delete spyware. ... Two well known examples of spyware are so-called Trojan-horses and key-loggers. ... However, it is not possible to delete 100%. ... From all this you can see it is quite likely you have Spyware lurking on your computer right now!

Why Should You Worry About A Malicious Code? by Johan Tengstrom
A malicious code can be a program. It can also be a part of a program. Further a malicious code can attach itself to a good program. In that way the malicious effect occurs first when the good program runs. The last time you installed a large software, let us say a photo program, you just... A Trojan horse is a malicious code that besides its primary effect even has a non obvious effect. ... It can for example take the identification and password of a user, passes the identifi-cation information on to the rest of the system, but keeps a copy of the information for later use.