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Spy software (also known as "Computer Monitoring Software" or "keylogger") secretly records a computer user by capturing all keystrokes, websites visited, and chat conversations. Some of these spy software programs can even be installed remotely without being detected by commercial anti-virus software. There are several different uses for this type of software, with two of the most popular being child Internet safety and spousal monitoring. The latter is very controversial, and even illegal in many cases and U.S. states.

Spying software can also be in the form of web based service. In this type of spying service the user is not required to download any standalone application, everything is saved and maintained on the web server.