Stalking On The Net Stalking, in its traditional sense, generally involves persistent, unwelcome contact with an individual.
Stalkers are usually harmless individuals who are infatuated with their victim.
However, on occasion, the stalker has more menacing intentions. There have been several media reports of online stalking in the recent past. However, stalkers can and will go to extreme lengths to find out all they can about you. Stalking can take the form of harassing emails, threats over the internet and even going to extreme cases as in the person actually trying to contact you in person without your permission. As far as Internet stalking, great majorities of people on the Internet use different chat programs such as MIRC, ICQ and many others.