Spyware charges praised
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The groundbreaking action by the Federal Trade Commission against two New Hampshire software companies is &quot;long overdue,&quot; said one local computer expert.
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EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the spyware epidemic. NEW YORK - David Eckstein turned on his computer one day and launched his Web browser, just as he had every day.
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Spyware, those annoying programs that snoop on a user's actions, remain a Windows-only phenomenon.
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The average Internet-enabled PC hosts 26 spyware programs, according to an audit by Internet service provider EarthLink, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.
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SPYWARE COMPANY executive Sanford Wallace and his two companies, Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net will be the first to have the dubious honour of being charged by the FTC.
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With concerns about spyware rapidly mounting, Blue Coat Systems is introducing a proxy appliance to combat the problem.
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Secure Computer agrees to pay $1 million to settle charges that it violated Washington state's spyware law.
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The findings come in a report from the newly formed Consumer Spyware Initiative, a joint effort by Dell and the non-profit Internet Education Foundation that aims to increase awareness of spyware.
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Forget Congress' myopic efforts to outlaw spyware. What we really need is better enforcement of existing computer crime laws.
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NEW YORK -- Search terms related to music and technology are most likely to return sites with spyware and other malicious code, a new study finds.
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The US House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed a bill that would make using spyware to snoop of the online activities of consumers a criminal offence.
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Two companies selling a program called Spyware Slayer will pay over $200,000 in fines and fees for violating Washington State's spyware and consumer protection laws.
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Spyware and other malicious code turns up most often on sites related to music and technology, a study concludes.
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A volunteer effort led by some of those involved in Amero's spyware case want to help others who may be in a similar position.
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The Federal Trade Commission is going after spyware, bits of computer code that install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track or disrupt their online activities.
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Microsoft release today of two free security tools aimed at helping users remove spyware and other malicious code puts the company one step closer to directly competing with the industry's major security vendors.