Spybot

  1. The name of of a worm first encountered on April 16, 2003 that is spread through P2P networks such as KaZaA and links the infected computer to an IRC networks. Users familiar with the IRC channels used with the spybot can then remotely control the computer over IRC.
  2. When referring to a software program Spybot is another name used to describe the software utility Spybot Search and Destroy a spyware detection and removal utility used with Microsoft Windows computers.

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