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Malware is usually used broadly against government or corporate websites to assemble guarded information, or to disrupt their operation generally. However, malware is used against individuals to achieve information like personal identification numbers or details, bank or mastercard numbers, and passwords. Programs designed to observe users' web browsing, display unsolicited advertisements, or redirect affiliate marketing revenues are called spyware. Spyware programs don't spread like viruses; instead they're generally installed by exploiting security holes. They will even be hidden and packaged along with unrelated user-installed software. The Sony BMG rootkit was intended to forestall illicit copying; but also reported on users' listening habits, and unintentionally created extra security vulnerabilities.      

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