The End of Spyware – Spyware
The End of Spyware
Grant Rogers
The US House of Representatives has recently passed the "Spy Act" - or to give it its full title - the Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act. This aims to prevent software companies from installing spyware on users PCs without their knowledge, and anyone found guilty of breaching the act faces a fine of up to $3 million.
Does this mean the end of spyware as we know it Unfortunately the answer is no, not really. The problem is that most spyware can continue to operate in exactly the same way as it does now, by asking the computer user to agree to a licence before it installs itself. The majority of people who are faced with a lengthy legal-looking page of text when installing a new program, automatically click the "I Agree" option without reading the terms. Therefore spyware programs can quite legally continue to piggy-back their way onto PCs.
Add to this the fact that a large percentage of spyware originates from outside the US, and it quickly becomes clear that the Spy Act realistically has about as much chance of success as the Can-Spam act did in attempting to stop the deluge of junk email that arrives in our mailboxes every day.
Spyware can be a lucrative business for advertisers and software vendors, and with the average home PC already carrying around 26 spyware and adware programs, its a problem that looks set to become worse before it gets better. In time, additional international laws may reduce the problem, but for the present at least, every PC user should keep up-to-date anti-spyware software running on their machine.
About The Author
Grant Rogers is an independent computer security consultant. You can find more information on anti-spyware and adware software at http://www.spyware-adware.info
The Year of Spyware – Spyware
The Year of Spyware
James Martins
In retrospect, the year 2004 made significant milestones that will forever change the future of internet spyware related issues. Various spyware issues were addressed and a fast growing market evolved around spyware.
Prior to the past year, spyware was a term that could refer to almost anything Internet-related from innocuous cookies and applets to keyloggers and hacker exploits and was largely unaddressed.
By April 2004, the Federal Trade Commission FTC and the U.S. Congress managed to define spyware as
How to Protect your PC from Spyware in the Cyber Age. – Spyware
How to Protect your PC from Spyware in the Cyber Age.
George Papazoglou
Wouldnt you be shocked to find that your personal sensitive information, like files, credit card information, operating system / software and other non-disclosed data to be penetrated by unscrupulous prying eyes Even worse...
"Is your computer infected by Spyware"
What is Spyware Spyware are infectious programs developed to secretly subtract and transfer electronic information over the Internet, without a Users apprehension.
Norton Anti-Virus or any other "virus protection" solution, will not protect your computer from malicious applications like Spyware.
Ever Downloaded any kind of Music, Video or "Free Software"
On the Internet, anything "free" has a hidden cost... much more than the cost of a highly-priced product.
How much is your Privacys worth to You
To diabolic marketing companies, your identity my friend, is worth thousands of dollars... they get rich by capitalizing and selling your privacy to third parties, who will in return, sell again! or use you as a guinea pig for their promotions -
your Anti-Virus wont protect you from Spyware!
Hint: Some even sell your information to telemarketers, or bulk e-mail marketing companies.
The question is... are the gigantic companies selling "anti-virus solutions", a part of this greedy industry
Two of the best "Spyware Scanners" you must-have to protect your computer and identity from prying Spyware.
Free Spyware Removal Tools
No Adware : Stops privacy invaders like Gator, Kazaa or Adware and PC cluttering pop-ups.
http://cyber-software.com/spyware-removal
X-Block Probably the most powerful tool to automatically tracking, cleaning and informing you about malicious spyware, Trojans and Privacy-intruding programs.
http://cyber-software.com/x-block
Scan your Computer now for free. Open the program here and then opt to choose "RUN" instead of downloading it. You will be probably shocked to see how your Computers system is infected with several spyware programs.
About The Author
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