Stealware
Stealware refers to a type of malware that covertly transfers money or data[1] to a third party.
Specifically, stealware uses an HTTP cookie to redirect the commission ordinarily earned by the site for referring users to another site.
References
- ↑ Erbschloe, Michael (22 September 2004). Trojans, Worms, and Spyware: A Computer Security Professional's Guide to Malicious Code. Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 9780080519685.
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