You forgot to include some more details from the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware) from where you

You forgot to include some more details from the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware) from where you borrowed your definition: > A wide variety of types of malware exist, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, and scareware. It specifically mentions spyware, so let's take a look at that definition: "Spyware is a type of malware that aims to gather information about a person or organization, without their knowledge, and send such information to hack another entity without the consumer's consent."