Spybot may refer to any of the following:

  1. A spybot a worm, first encountered on April 16, 2003. It spread between networked computers using P2P software, notably KaZaA. The worm linked the infected computer to an IRC network, where malicious users were able to remotely control it.

  2. When referring to a program Spybot is another name of Spybot Search and Destroy, a spyware detection and removal utility used with Microsoft Windows computers.

Security terms

  • How to prevent or fix a web browser being hijacked.
  • Computer security help and support.