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LawLibTech.com – Be Aware of Spyware

Posted on April 26th, 2005 by Liz

From the article: “Is it paranoia if everyone is truly is out to get you? Because it’s safe to say our PCs really are constantly under attack. There are phishing schemes, viruses, keylogging programs, identity theft and computer hijacking to worry about. And then there’s spyware. If you spend any time at all on the web, you will likely have at least some spyware on your computer. When EarthLink and Webroot Software surveyed 1 million computers last year, they found an average of almost 28 spyware programs running on each one. A study by AOL reported spyware on 80% of the computers surveyed. So the odds are against us.”

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LawLibTech.com – Be Aware of Spyware

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