| LSP, Layered Service Provider | [link] |
| A Layered Service Provider is a system driver linked deep into the networking
services of Windows. It has access to every data entering and leaving the
computer, as was as the ability to modify this data. A few such LSPs are
necessary to allow Windows to connect you to other computers, including the
Internet. But
Spyware
may also install itself as an LSP, thus having access to all the data you
transmit. LSP are currently used by
CommonName,
New.Net,
NewtonKnows and
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