Researchers at the University of Washington published an important study of spyware on the Internet based on their analysis of 40 million webpages. The study is important for CSOs because it shows not just the magnitude of the spyware problem but also the specific kinds of behavior on the part of users that result in these devilish programs being installed on their computers. It illustrates a significant difference in the security levels provided by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser and Mozilla Firefox. The most malicious spyware allows a computer to be remotely controlled over the Internet.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121346/drive-by-spyware.html