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Guest host John Nielsen speaks with Newsweek technology reporter Steven Levy about a cyber-phenomenon called "spyware" — programs that lodge themselves surreptitiously on computers, deliver pop-up ...

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An upcoming software release from America Online will add spyware protection to the list of standard features for its broadband and dial-up Internet customers, the company said Tuesday. AOL Spyware ...

This is an undesirable program. This file has been identified as a program that is undesirable to have running on your computer. This consists of programs that are misleading, harmful, or undesirable.