Overview
- Cutting-edge technical book exclusively focused on spyware/adware
- Valuable reference in computer science, as well as a secondary text for advanced-level students
- Distills nearly 400 reference sources into a comprehensive, cohesive view of spyware and adware
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Information Security (ADIS, volume 50)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Spyware and Adware introduces detailed, organized, technical information exclusively on spyware and adware, including defensive techniques. This book not only brings together current sources of information on spyware and adware but also looks at the future direction of this field.
Spyware and Adware is a reference book designed for researchers and professors in computer science, as well as a secondary text for advanced-level students. This book is also suitable for practitioners in industry.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
John Aycock is an associate professor at the University of Calgary in the Department of Computer Science. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Calgary, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Victoria. He researches computer security, focusing on malicious software, spam, and online crime. Dr. Aycock conceived and taught the University's “Computer Viruses and Malware” and “Spam and Spyware” courses.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spyware and Adware
Authors: John Aycock
Series Title: Advances in Information Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77741-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77740-5Published: 23 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2683-7Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77741-2Published: 10 September 2010
Series ISSN: 1568-2633
Series E-ISSN: 2512-2193
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 146
Topics: Systems and Data Security, Computer Communication Networks, Cryptology, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Data Structures and Information Theory