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List Of Evil Software Bots posted by Pavel Simakov on 2006-05-24 21:37:36 under Spam & Bots
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On this page I will list some of the truly evil Bots. Please let me know if there are other Bots I am forgetting here.

SpyWare (?)
SpyWare is used to track variety of activities user performs in the browser. So what are they tracking? Lots of thing including:
  • Exit and Entry Pages
  • Page Impressions
  • Path Analysis
  • Unique Visitors
  • Host Summary
  • Unique User Sessions
  • Browser and Operating System
  • Page Durations
  • Java/CGI Breakdown
  • Session Durations
  • Referring URL
  • Country of Access
  • Referring Domain
  • Reach
  • Period Page Impressions
  • Visitor Frequency
  • Internal and External Referring URL
  • Loyalty
There is also SpyWare that claims to remove other SpyWare. So it does, excepts it installs itself afterwards.

Malware
Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owner's consent.

Computer Worm
A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. A virus attaches itself to, and becomes part of, another executable program; however, a worm is self-contained and does not need to be part of another program to propagate itself.

Computer Virus
In computer security, a computer virus is a self-replicating computer program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. A computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells. Extending the analogy, the insertion of a virus into the program is termed as an "infection", and the infected file, or executable code that is not part of a file, is called a "host".

AdWare
Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used.

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