spyware

noun 1

Collocations

VERB + SPYWARE

installed, use

The hacker installed spyware on my computer without my knowledge or permission.

SPYWARE + NOUN

computer, layla's

The technician discovered spyware on the company computer during the routine security scan.

PREP.

between, on

The company discovered spyware on their employees' computers after noticing unusual network activity.

Definitions

noun

Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.

In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]

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Example Bank

In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]

Wiktionary

Sami installed spyware on Layla's computer.

Tatoeba · #6129228

Spyware can't distinguish between threatening letters and love letters.

Tatoeba · #8357009

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