Spy­ware

This is mal­ware cap­turing infor­ma­tion about a device and user online behav­iour without their knowl­edge, and then passing it on. The recip­i­ents of this infor­ma­tion can then recon­struct a user’s habits when surfing and online shop­ping. Such spy­ware is usu­ally set up when share­ware or free­ware soft­ware is installed on a device, too.

See also: Mal­ware