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PROGRAMA ESPIAO [1 record]

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Record 1 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • IT Security
CONT

Spyware is software designed to "spy" on the victim. It can gather data about your internet usage, keystrokes, and other activities and send that information to a third party without your consent.

Key term(s)
  • spy ware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Logiciel destiné à collecter et à transmettre à des tiers, à l'insu de l'utilisateur, des données le concernant ou des informations relatives au système qu'il utilise.

OBS

logiciel espion : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 7 juin 2007.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Seguridad de IT
DEF

[...] programa informático que recaba información sobre el modo en que alguien emplea internet o sobre datos personales como contraseñas sin el conocimiento del usuario [...]

CONT

Los programas espía pueden ser instalados en un ordenador mediante un virus, un troyano que se distribuye por correo electrónico [...] o bien puede estar oculto en la instalación de un programa aparentemente inocuo.

OBS

programa espía; software espía; spyware: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "programa espía" es una alternativa en español al anglicismo "spyware" [y a la designación] "software espía" [...]

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