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...Although my father-in-law is fairly new to computing, plenty of sophisticated surfers are falling prey to wide variety of spyware applications, according to the State of Spyware report released today by Webroot Software, the manufacturer of a leading anti-spyware application. Its survey of U.S. businesses found that over half of respondents had a spyware disruption resulting in lost revenue, and that 2005 was the worst year on record for data security losses. Webroot identified more than 400,000 sites last year that hosted spyware, and found that 30.5% of spyware exploits originated in the U.S., followed...
...estimates anti-spyware revenues will skyrocket to $305 million in 2008, up from just $12 million in 2003. As companies rush to cash in on this booming market, which one should you choose? PC Magazine editors' current highest ratings are for Webroot's Spysweeper, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Plus and PC Tools' Spyware Doctor, all priced under...
...Whatever you do, watch out for spyware that's pretending to be anti-spyware. There are some 200 rogue anti-spyware applications out there, says Webroot CEO David Moll. Surreptitious software hijacks a user's computer, then pops up a little box-looking for all the world like it's been generated by Microsoft-warning the computer has been infected. It then asks the user to click on a link to download anti-spyware. The money goes into the rogue's pocket, and the computer is still sick. "That's as sneaky as it gets," says Moll. "Spyware is advancing...
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