During a routine inspection, a technician discovered that software that was installed on a computer was secretly collecting data about websites that were visited by users of the computer. Which type of threat is affecting this computer?

Question:
During a routine inspection, a technician discovered that software that was installed on a computer was secretly collecting data about websites that were visited by users of the computer. Which type of threat is affecting this computer?

• DoS attack
• identity theft
• spyware
• zero-day attack

Explanation: Spyware is software that is installed on a network device and that collects information.

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