Lots more web sites have cropped up, for the sole purpose of hosting spyware and infecting computers.
Webroot has issued its State of Spyware report (thanks to Josh Simpson at Webroot states in its report. "Strategic use of centrally managed desktop anti-spyware is the only way to gain control over this menace to productivity and security."
System monitors collect information from machines. Username and password combinations, applications viewed on the desktop, files opened, all become fodder to be collected and sent to a criminal recipient. Trojans allow for remote control of systems, and are a favored tool of spammers who use compromised machines to forward millions of messages to inboxes worldwide.
David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business. Email him
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Spyware Sites Quadruple In 2005
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