spyware

and data miner

n. a kind of malicious software that gathers private information from a personal computer and sends it to another computer. I have a little program that roots out spyware from my computer. It found a data miner lurking among my digital images.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Appleton	['æpltən]
Alcaeus	al-SEE-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Saku	SAH-koo	Finnish
Shimmel	-	Yiddish
Lugos	-	Celtic Mythology
Belial	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Judeo-Christian Legend