Spyware Removal Software Sales Exploding

I thought a post this morning from eMarketer was quite timely since I spent a good portion of time last night removing spyware from my brother-in-law's pc. After 10 minutes of Read story at eMarketer ... Here are some more stats from the spyware post ... "A recent study by Personally I've gotten the best results from using two pieces of spyware detection and removal software. The first is AdAware Pro. There is a free version available Spybot which is also free and available for download Wsup.exe. Then I scanned the results for a site that has the most comprehensive and concise information about spyware and adware I've ever seen. The site is liutilities. So I scanned Google's results looking for result and had the answer to my question immediately. Here's their description of the Wsup.exe Process wsup - wsup.exe - Process Information Process File: wsup or wsup.exe Process Name: Ibis Toolbar Description: wsup.exe is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of its authors sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. It is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately. Author: Ibis Part Of: Ibis Toolbar System Process: No Background Process: Yes Uses Network: Yes Hardware Related: No Common Errors: N/A Security Risk (0-5): 2 All of that is followed up by a pitch to purchase their spyware/adware removal program. Honestly I don't mind that at all since they've provided me with Marketing Shift blog