CIACTech02-004: Parasite Programs; Adware, Spyware, and Stealth Networks


 
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Old 12-24-2007
CIACTech02-004: Parasite Programs; Adware, Spyware, and Stealth Networks

Programs are being intentionally packaged with legitimate software to display advertising on your screen, gather information on your browsing habits, and to sell your unused CPU cycles and disk space. Current applications are relatively benign but could easily be used for an invasion of privacy or other malicious purposes.


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polyominoes(6x) 						XScreenSaver manual						   polyominoes(6x)

NAME
polyominoes - fill a rectangle with irregularly-shaped blocks. SYNOPSIS
polyominoes [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-identical] [-cycles number] [-delay number] [-ncolors num- ber] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
Repeatedly attempts to completely fill a rectangle with irregularly-shaped puzzle pieces. OPTIONS
-visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -identical | -no-identical Whether to use identical pieces. -cycles number Duration. 500 - 5000. Default: 2000. -delay number Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.). -ncolors number Number of Colors. Default: 64. -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 by Stephen Montgomery-Smith. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR
Stephen Montgomery-Smith. X Version 11 5.15 (28-Sep-2011) polyominoes(6x)