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Secret Agent Man

Secret Agent Man. The World of Spyware By Lisa Fiedler. ID. Advertising supported software Spyware: any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge Adware: display advertising but do not install and tracking mechanism on the computer.

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Secret Agent Man

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  1. Secret Agent Man The World of Spyware By Lisa Fiedler

  2. ID • Advertising supported software • Spyware: any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge • Adware: display advertising but do not install and tracking mechanism on the computer.

  3. Growing problem • Nine out of 10 PCs connected to the Internet are infected with spyware. • 92% of corporate IT managers at companies with more than 100 employees claim they have a "major" spyware problem.

  4. June 2004 • 40,846,089 spyware programs found • 2,298,200 Adware programs found • 8, 873,555 advertising cookie installations found • Average of 26.5 bugs per computer • Results reported by EarthLink

  5. Contraction in Action • Visit any media-supported website and you're bound to get a tracking cookie • Share music, files or photos with other users • Install software applications without fully reading license agreements • Install gimmick software which is loaded with bugs

  6. Symptoms • sluggish PC performance • increased pop-up ads • unexplained homepage change • mysterious search results.

  7. Obliterate the bug • Spybot • Ad-aware • www.download.com

  8. A before S • Ad-aware first • Install • Check for updates • Run • Delete all • Delete quarantined selection • Sometimes it will need to run from start-up

  9. Second is the best • Spybot second • It’s okay to run both • Immunize system • Check for updates • Run • Delete programs found • Sometimes it will need to run from start-up

  10. More info • http://www.webroot.com/spywareinformation?rc=266&ac=594 • http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16618 • http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid11_gci214518,00.html • http://www.spychecker.com/spyware.html

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