(besides stealing your information)
A spyware is basically a small software application, which is mostly used to collect and transmit information from online computer platforms. Most of the spywares in existence today come as bundled with other forms of software that are downloaded from the internet and get installed as legitimate programs on victim's hard drive. This is the first and major identity: spywares never come as stand-alone software programs, but are mostly 'taken-for-granted' as secondary application associated with the primary software downloaded or installed. Now, it can be a handy browser toolbar, an antivirus program, instant messaging plugin, or simply any other browser-based extension imitating as a harmless and useful computer application. However, the consequences of such applications may range from keystroke logging and IP tracing to identity theft/abuse/misuse and decreased system performance. There are many types of spywares proliferating over the internet and based on the most common ...