Spyware is a class of malicious code that is surreptitiously installed on victims’ machines. Once active, it silently monitors the behavior of users, records their web surfing ...
Manuel Egele, Christopher Kruegel, Engin Kirda, He...
Over the past few years, a relatively new computing phenomenon has gained momentum: the spread of "spyware." Though most people are aware of spyware, the research commun...
Various online studies on the prevalence of spyware attest overwhelming numbers (up to 80%) of infected home computers. However, the term spyware is ambiguous and can refer to anyt...
Andreas Stamminger, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni ...
Malware — a generic term that encompasses viruses, trojans, spywares and other intrusive code — is widespread today. Malware analysis is a multi-step process providing insight...
Spyware is an increasing problem. Interestingly, many programs carrying spyware honestly disclose the activities of the software, but users install the software anyway. We report ...
Nathaniel Good, Jens Grossklags, Deirdre K. Mullig...