Spyware Information: CyberSitter
This application is spyware. Spyware software generally does not provide any services to you; rather, it is primarily designed to watch you as you use your computer or surf the Internet, and report this information to hackers, advertising companies or other individuals who have placed the spyware on your computer.
Spyware is often bundled with free software. The company which produces the free software gets paid by advertising companies for each computer that becomes "infected" with the spyware. To protect their revenue, the free software companies will sometimes force you to run the advertising spyware to use their free software.
- Size: 159,744 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 600 this month: 0
- Author: Solid Oak Software Inc.
- Appeared: 4/8/2005
Research
- Method of infection: CyberSitter is a parental control program. It must be installed manually.
- Privacy issues: CyberSitter can monitor and record all Internet traffic and instant messenging conversations. It can also block websites from being accessed.
- Privacy policy: Available online here.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,656
- Detections this Month: 803
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