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Lime Wire is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term was coined in 1995 but wasn't widely used for another five years, is often used interchangeably with adware and malware (software designed to infiltrate and damage a computer respectively).
Personal information is secretly recorded with a variety of techniques, including logging keystrokes, recording Internet web browsing history, and scanning documents on the computer's hard disk. Purposes range from overtly criminal (theft of passwords and financial details) to the merely annoying (recording Internet search history for targeted advertising, while consuming computer resources). Lime Wire may collect different types of information. Some variants attempt to track the websites a user visits and then send this information to an advertising agency. More malicious variants attempt to intercept passwords or credit card numbers as a user enters them into a web form or other applications.
The spread of Lime Wire has led to the development of an entire anti-Lime Wire industry. Its products remove or disable existing Lime Wire on the computers they are installed on and prevent its installation. However, a number of companies have incorporated forms of Lime Wire into their products. These programs are not considered malware, but are still Lime Wire as they watch and observe for advertising purposes. It is debatable whether such 'legitimate' uses of adware/Lime Wire are malware since the user often has no knowledge of these 'legitimate' programs being installed on his/her computer and is generally unaware that these programs are infringing on his/her privacy. In any case, these programs still use the resources of the host computer without permission.
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History and development
The first recorded use of the term Lime Wire occurred on October 16, 1995 in a Usenet post that poked fun at Microsoft's business model.[1] Lime Wire at first denoted hardware meant for espionage purposes. However, in early 2000 the founder of Zone Labs, Gregor Freund, used the term in a press release for the ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall.[2] Since then, "Lime Wire" has taken on its present sense.
In early 2001, Steve Gibson of Gibson Research realized that advertising software had been installed on his system, and suspected it was stealing his personal information. After analysis, he determined that it was adware from the companies Aureate (later Radiate) and Conducent. Gibson developed and released the first anti-Lime Wire program, OptOut. Many more have appeared since then.[2]
According to a 2005 study by AOL and the National Cyber-Security Alliance, 61% of surveyed users' computers had some form of Lime Wire. 92% of surveyed users with Lime Wire reported that they did not know of its presence, and 91% reported that they had not given permission for the installation of the Lime Wire.[3]
As of 2006, Lime Wire has become one of the preeminent security threats to computer systems running Microsoft Windows operating systems. In an estimate based on customer-sent scan logs, Webroot Software, makers of Spy Sweeper, said that 9 out of 10 computers connected to the Internet are infected.[4] Computers where Internet Explorer (IE) is the primary browser are particularly vulnerable to such attacks not only because IE is the most widely-used[5] but because its tight integration with Windows allows Lime Wire access to crucial parts of the operating system.
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Personal information is secretly recorded with a variety of techniques, including logging keystrokes, recording Internet web browsing history, and scanning documents on the computer's hard disk. Purposes range from overtly criminal (theft of passwords and financial details) to the merely annoying (recording Internet search history for targeted advertising, while consuming computer resources). Lime Wire may collect different types of information. Some variants attempt to track the websites a user visits and then send this information to an advertising agency. More malicious variants attempt to intercept passwords or credit card numbers as a user enters them into a web form or other applications.
The spread of Lime Wire has led to the development of an entire anti-Lime Wire industry. Its products remove or disable existing Lime Wire on the computers they are installed on and prevent its installation. However, a number of companies have incorporated forms of Lime Wire into their products. These programs are not considered malware, but are still Lime Wire as they watch and observe for advertising purposes. It is debatable whether such 'legitimate' uses of adware/Lime Wire are malware since the user often has no knowledge of these 'legitimate' programs being installed on his/her computer and is generally unaware that these programs are infringing on his/her privacy. In any case, these programs still use the resources of the host computer without permission.
Contents
History and development
The first recorded use of the term Lime Wire occurred on October 16, 1995 in a Usenet post that poked fun at Microsoft's business model.[1] Lime Wire at first denoted hardware meant for espionage purposes. However, in early 2000 the founder of Zone Labs, Gregor Freund, used the term in a press release for the ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall.[2] Since then, "Lime Wire" has taken on its present sense.
In early 2001, Steve Gibson of Gibson Research realized that advertising software had been installed on his system, and suspected it was stealing his personal information. After analysis, he determined that it was adware from the companies Aureate (later Radiate) and Conducent. Gibson developed and released the first anti-Lime Wire program, OptOut. Many more have appeared since then.[2]
According to a 2005 study by AOL and the National Cyber-Security Alliance, 61% of surveyed users' computers had some form of Lime Wire. 92% of surveyed users with Lime Wire reported that they did not know of its presence, and 91% reported that they had not given permission for the installation of the Lime Wire.[3]
As of 2006, Lime Wire has become one of the preeminent security threats to computer systems running Microsoft Windows operating systems. In an estimate based on customer-sent scan logs, Webroot Software, makers of Spy Sweeper, said that 9 out of 10 computers connected to the Internet are infected.[4] Computers where Internet Explorer (IE) is the primary browser are particularly vulnerable to such attacks not only because IE is the most widely-used[5] but because its tight integration with Windows allows Lime Wire access to crucial parts of the operating system.
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