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Which of the following monitors user activity or internet and transmit that information in the background to someone else?


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SPYWARE is software that monitors user behaviour or access to the internet and sends that information to a third party in the background. Spyware is any programme that secretly collects user information over the user’s Internet connection without the user’s knowledge, generally for advertising reasons. They’re usually included as a hidden component of freeware apps that you may download from the Internet.


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