Terminating Spyware With Extreme Prejudice
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Have adware and spyware commandeered your computer? An extreme solution: erasing your hard drive and starting over.
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Spyware problems continue to rise. Congress is stepping up to the plate--but will its efforts be more effective than CAN-SPAM?
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Although as many as 90 percent of US home computers have been infected with spyware at some time, a majority of PC owners don&#39;t know how to solve the problem, according to a poll released Friday.
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Unpatched Windows machines are vulnerable to latest adware attack
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The Federal Trade Commission has taken the first step to crack down on the wave of spyware that is being installed on user&#39;s machines without their knowledge.
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Download the latest version of Ad-Aware, the popular spyware killer utility. New features include a improved  interface; some versions have rootkit and malware removal tools.
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roundup Free-roaming source code breeds new Netsky pest. Also: From IE to Opera, browsers are a likely prey.
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WASHINGTON - In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation.    The Federal Trade Commission says computer users who went to certain Web sites unknowingly had the snooping software downloaded onto their computers...
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Most users think their computer is safe from adware and spyware--but they're wrong.
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The computer maker and a nonprofit organization have launched a project to teach people about spyware and how to avoid it. By Thomas Claburn.
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Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer frustrated users of its Windows software new tools within 30 days to remove spyware programs secretly running on computers. But it might cost extra in coming months.
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eTrust Antivirus mistook a critical security process for malware.
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Also: Windows worm travels with Tetris [News.com Extra]
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What's the best remedy for this obnoxious software installed without PC users' notice? Here are assessments of five popular anti-spyware utilities, three free and two that sell for $30.-For The Post
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For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers.
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When technicians examined the PCs of 329 respondents, they found 80 percent loaded with dozens of spyware programs that track the user&#39;s browsing habits.
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Homes computers, lacking firewalls and up-to-date virus protection, are crawling with spyware.