The category of cyber crime includes fraudulent online shopping activity, computer software service fraud, computer misuse crime, offences linked to computer viruses and spyware and computer hacking.

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While surfing on Google or Yahoo, spyware or a computer virus is automatically and invisibly downloaded on a computer, requiring no user interaction for the computer to be infected.

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The women he wrote about learned of the plans only after his arrest, with the exception of his wife, who discovered her husband's pastime after installing spyware on his computer.

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Or through planting spyware on your computer.

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In so doing, viruses, Trojans, key-loggers and spyware are prevented from infecting the computer.

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In many cases, the bogus emails ask for specific personal information or install spyware or other malware on your computer for the purpose of stealing your financial and personal information.

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Eventually she used spyware to discover the evidence on his computer.

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Antivirus and spyware detection software scans for and deletes spyware and other types of malware from your computer.

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The FDA is currently fighting off a lawsuit by scientists who claim they were fired for whistleblowing, something the federal agency realized they were doing thanks to a spyware program from SpectorSoft that captured their emails and computer activity.

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An unprotected computer on a broadband connection can be breached and infected with viruses or spyware within minutes.

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