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- Spyware
- Software that sends information about your Web surfing habits to its Web site. Often quickly installed in your computer in combination with a free download you selected from the...
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- Spyware a national security threat?
- Computer Associates announced a 6.9 million dollar contract to protect Department of Defense DOD computers from spyware. The need for the contract indicates spyware has infected military computers. An article from FCW.com about enterprise antispyware software at Fort Hood includes this quote from Army Maj. Bert Belisch: "These spyware programs...
- Blog posts 2005-07-11
- Spyware versus virus
- In his latest Security Watch column, Robert Vamosi offers a good comparison of the virus threat versus the spyware threat. Robert has covered computer viruses for a long time and knows the threats and the antivirus software very well. He concludes that the virus threat is currently almost negligible, but...
- Blog posts 2005-07-11
- A more secure IE
- Microsoft showed its interest in stopping spyware by buying Giant Antispyware, then releasing the software under its own brand. Now, the company announced it will make the next generation of its browser less vulnerable to drive-by spyware downloads. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) will not allow the kinds of stealth installs...
- Blog posts 2005-06-14
- From the ashes of COAST
- A new coalition of antispyware companies, called the Anti-Spyware Coalition, has formed, and I think it has a decent chance of success. It won't suffer the fate of COAST because it's not going to admit adware makers as members, limiting groups that can be members to antispyware companies, consumer watchdogs,...
- Blog posts 2005-06-06
- No good for advertisers, either
- Spyware and viruses share some characteristics, but the fact that spyware creators make money for their efforts makes it more prevalent. Ben Edelman exposes how money flows from well-respected companies into the pockets of spyware makers in a recent article titled Intermediaries Role in the Spyware Mess. The study documents...
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Washington State outlaws spyware
- Leading the legislative pack, the governor of Washington signed an antisypware bill today with serious penalties for violators. The law defines specific unlawful behavior, such as hijacking home and search pages, and displaying excessive numbers of pop-up ads. This law also takes on deceptive installation practices and software that reinstalls...
- Blog posts 2005-05-17
- Spyware violates Computer Abuse Act
- During our Antispyware Workshop, I was intrigued by the notion that existing laws can be used to prosecute adware and spyware makers. So I've been reading the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and it seems to me that this act, which details criminal penalties for violations, can come in to...
- Blog posts 2005-05-13
- Spyware and the law
- Although Congress is considering several bills to outlaw spyware, many spyware behaviors may already be illegal. At our Antispyware Workshop, the FTC's Lydia Parnes talked about its case against Seismic Entertainment, and I spoke with Justin Brookman, from the New York Attorney General's office, about his case against Intermix. Ari...
- Blog posts 2005-05-06
- Symantec test results
- As promised yesterday, I have results for the test I put Symantec’s new antispyware product through. I used the same test file that we used in our second Spyware Obstacle Course, which contained the following eight nasties: 180Search Assistant, BargainBuddy, BookedSpace, DownloadWare, eXact Search Bar, PerfectNav, Lycos Sidesearch, and Zserv....
- Blog posts 2005-04-20
- Symantec takes on spyware
- Symantec finally jumped into the antispyware fray, releasing a beta of Norton Internet Security with spyware removal, and I’ve got a preview of it. The public beta is available from Symantec’s Web site as a hefty 33MB download. The trial will run until June 1, and includes an entire suite...
- Blog posts 2005-04-19
- Spyware obstacle course
- We revisited our Spyware Obstacle Course, running six antispyware contenders against eight pieces of spyware. We ran our first Spyware Obstacle Course last November, and Spybot took the win out of a field of five. In the four interceding months, antispyware apps have grown a little more refined. This time...
- Blog posts 2005-04-15
- C.O.A.S.T. R.I.P.
- The zombie corpse of COAST, which had still been shuffling around long after we all knew it had died, finally sent out its obituary. An announcement on the Web site says COAST has ceased operation, and that the Web site will be taken down on April 15. COAST's death came...
- Blog posts 2005-04-12
- C.O.A.S.T., R.I.P.
- The zombie corpse of COAST, which had still been shuffling around long after we all knew it had died, finally sent out its obituary. An announcement on the Web site says COAST has ceased operation, and that the Web site will be taken down on April 15. COAST's death came...
- Blog posts 2005-04-12
- Firefox spyware scanning
- I've always liked Yahoo's toolbar for Internet Explorer because it incorporates PestPatrol, making spyware scanning quick and convenient from the browser. But I don't use Internet Explorer when I can help it. I use Firefox. For people like me, Yahoo just released its toolbar as an extension for Firefox, including...
- Blog posts 2005-04-11
- Investigating a spyware company
- After discovering a spyware component called Adroar recently, I spent some time investigating its origins and found some really scary aspects of its license. First off, Adroar seems to be built and operated by a company called Qtech. Don't bother looking for Qtech on the Web--there are tons of companies...
- Blog posts 2005-03-28
- Take the money out of spyware
- Spyware companies make a lot of money by delivering ads, but what advertiser would want to be associated with spyware? Gambling and porn sites seem pretty indifferent to how they get their advertising seen, but often you see more reputable companies being advertised via spyware. These companies are usually buffered...
- Blog posts 2005-03-22
- Spyware assassin arrested
- From the "it's about time" department, the Federal Trade Commission FTC shut down a rogue antispyware company. The company, named MaxTheater, was responsible for Spyware Assassin, a utility that had been listed on Spyware Warrior's rogue antispyware product list since July of last year. The FTC will be holding an...
- Blog posts 2005-03-17
- Unsafe with any browser
- Some enterprising spyware distributors have managed to make browsing with Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape dangerous. They've engineered a Java applet that initiates spyware downloads when you browse a site with the aforementioned browsers. Vitalsecurity.org has the article describing the exploit in detail. The spyware that gets downloaded is your standard...
- Blog posts 2005-03-17
- P2P spyware compare
- Considering the popularity of peer-to-peer programs on ZDNet Downloads, Ben Edelman's latest article will be of particular interest. He compares the bundled spyware and license agreements in five of the top file sharing apps. Both Limewire and iMesh have held position among the top ten in the Download.com library, which...
- Blog posts 2005-03-09
- P2P spyware comparo
- Considering the popularity of peer-to-peer programs on Download.com, Ben Edelman's latest article will be of particular interest. He compares the bundled spyware and license agreements in five of the top file sharing apps. Both Limewire and iMesh have held position among the top ten in the Download.com library, which may...
- Blog posts 2005-03-08
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