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Article: Spyware removal tools stop snoopers.
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- Network World
- Article date:
- September 29, 2003
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Byline: RICHARD KOONTZ
Each day companies are faced with increasingly sophisticated attacks on privacy and security that evade traditional firewalls and are immune to anti-virus technology. The most threatening and rapidly growing attacks come in the form of spyware. Spyware is any software surreptitiously installed on a system that can monitor and record aspects of the system and broadcast this information back to a third party.
Staying one step ahead of spyware creators requires a dedicated removal tool. Anti-spyware utilities are pattern-based, adaptive programs that scan systems to find and remove Trojans, key loggers, dialers, adware and cookies.
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