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« on: June 08, 2006, 04:40:19 pm »
For the purpose of this forum, Spyware is any program that collects information and sends it to someone else.  Adware is any program that serves ads on your computer.  Malware is any nasty bit of software that does not fall into any of the above categories.  Just wanted to clarify!
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