New bid to tackle spyware scourge

[Jared Moya]

PC users are getting help to tackle the rising tide of spyware.

Five computer security firms are collaborating on a common naming system for spyware and will co-produce tools to remove the malicious software.

The initiative hopes to remove some of the current confusion caused by anti-spyware firms managing their own labelling and removal methods.

The group said collaboration was needed as the amount of spyware in circulation was rising by 50-100% per year.

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[CrashPeer44]

jeeze
glad i'm clean well, i think instead of worryng about spyware, we need to worry about our Environment

[tackdaddy]

i don't have any spyware problems with a combination of adaware,spyware blaster and spybot. i never get any spyware anymore.

[lifehacker]

I use ad-aware and spybot and am pretty clean.:razz:

[Theinfamousone]

I use ad-aware and spybot and am pretty clean.:razz:

That's what they want you to think. Don't you know that they are in cahoots with the spyware makers? They all want us to help them find the best deals online while we surf and find what websites we look at to know which ads to charge the most money for, it's all a conspiracy I tell you, they're going to slowly but surely take over the Internet and eventually, they will plant spyware in our brains through our computers and they will find the best deals at real stores and find out which TV shows we watch the most so that they can adjust the charge for TV commercials accordingly, I've taken alls I can stands and I can't stands no more! (theinfamousone gets dragged away kicking and screaming nonsensical spyware ravings into the padded room with Mr Speak and Spells to calm him down.) "Ahh the good ol' days when technology wasn't out to take over your mind".

[rainbowdemon]

Nice rant, bud!!


LOL

[DigitalJunkie]

Coming to your cell phones SOON! Thank you.

[Digital Bliss]

I'm sorry but only idiots get spyware and viruses for the most part I just went almost 3 months with no type of protection and just installed antivirus and spyware software yesterday. Did a scan I was clean and fine.

[mountain_rage]

Viruses you can mostly avoid by applying regular knowlege.. spyware less so since you can get it simply by browsing the internet. Theres also some well known companies that bundle their software with spyware.

[.:sp00ky:.]

Viruses you can mostly avoid by applying regular knowlege.. spyware less so since you can get it simply by browsing the internet.

Stop using IE pretty much solves that problem.