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Bad Anti-Spyware Programs
Score: 100%
Spyware Warrior: Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites: Here's a list of programs you should always check in you ever get the urge to use a spyware program you've never heard of. Some of the products listed on this page simply do not provide proven, reliable anti-spyware protection or may ...
Deane | February 27, 2005 | in "Viruses, Hacking, and Security"
Death To Spyware
Score: 83%
Ars Technica is watching out for you. They've infect their machines with spyware so you don't have to, and have put the top 5 anti-spyware tools to the test. The common prescription for spyware is Ad-Aware and SpyBot. Anecdotal evidence claims this combination to be the most effective, but can ...
Joe | November 22, 2004 | in "Sites Worth Your Time"
Microsoft Buys Giant Software for Anti-Spyware Tools
Score: 83%
Microsoft Acquires Giant, Plans Antispyware Release: Giant's site has essentially been replaced by a big press release. I didn't use any of their products, but they included Spam Inspector, which I hear was quite good. I wonder how many of Bill's four million emails a day it could head off? ...
Deane | December 17, 2004 | in "Viruses, Hacking, and Security"
Spyware Could Be a Crime
Score: 82%
House Passes Tough Computer Anti-Spyware Bill: I hope they arrest the Bonzi Buddy crew en masse and broadcast it live in CNN. By a vote of 399 to 1, the House moved to outlaw a range of aggressive advertising and surveillance activities that have outraged consumers over the past two ...
Deane | October 6, 2004 | in "Software"
Dirty Spyware Trickery
Score: 82%
I had to remove some nasty spyware yesterday from an employee's home machine. It was an IE search toolbar (I'm not going to say the name since I'd rather take a shotgun blast to the face than give them any publicity) that generated a JavaScript error on any search results ...
Deane | January 5, 2005 | in "Spam"
Spyware Removal Testing
Score: 78%
Review: Testing anti-spyware programs: CNN tests spyware removers. No clear winner he did the best by running two different progams at the same time. [...] I tested Webroot Software Inc.'s Spy Sweeper, LavaSoft's Ad-Aware, Tenebril Inc.'s SpyCatcher, Spybot Search & Destroy and Computer Associates Inc.'s eTrust PestPatrol. To ensure ...
Deane | November 1, 2004 | in "Viruses, Hacking, and Security"
The Sony Rootkit Drama
Score: 72%
Sony aims at pirates and hits users: This is a good overview of the rootkit mess that Sony created with its DRM system. This has been covered a lot else where, but the gist is that Sony put DRM on an album that hid itself on users' hard drives and ...
Deane | November 9, 2005 | in "Viruses, Hacking, and Security"
How Microsoft Got the "Windows Defender" Name
Score: 63%
New name flap for Microsoft -- but this time its legal right is clear: Microsoft recently announced they would rename their Anti-Spyware product to "Windows Defender." However, a developer in Australia was already using that name for his software. His software wasn't active (he has stopped developing it a year ...
Deane | November 9, 2005 | in "Tech Business"