MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -Spyware is mostly classified into four types: adware, system monitors, tracking including web tracking, and trojans; examples of other notorious types include digital rights management capabilities that “phone home", keyloggers, rootkits, and web beacons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Grisoft (www.grisoft.com) AVG antivirus, antimalware, antispyware, personal firewall software, and other tools to safeguard systems. Lavasoft (www.lavasoft.de) Ad-aware spyware removal tool and a personal firewall. McAfee (www.mcafee.com) McAfee Antivirus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spyware is a type of malicious software–or malware–that is installed on a computing device without the end user’s knowledge. It invades the device, steals sensitive information and internet usage data, and relays it to advertisers, data firms or external users.