When and where did spyware and adware originate?

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"Strictly defined, spyware consists of computer software that gathers and reports information about a computer user without the user's knowledge or consent. The first recorded use of the term spyware occurred on 16 October 1995 in a Usenet post that poked fun at Microsoft's business model. Spyware later came to refer to espionage equipment such as tiny cameras. However, in 1999 Zone Labs used the term when they made a press release for the Zone Alarm Personal Firewall. Since then, computer users have used the term in its current sense." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware Jan 31 05, 1:39 PM

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