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spyware (noun) : Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes

Brad Greenspan, former chief executive of Intermix Media, the internet media group, will pay $750,000 (£510,000) in penalties for his role in the company’s hidden spyware which delivered pop-up advertising, according to the office of the New York attorney-general. —?, Times online, 10-21-2005

Submitted by: Michiel from Netherlands on Oct. 21, 2005 09:03

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