Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Q: I heard Yahoo was using "cookies" to track what people do on the Web, not only on their site but other sites. Is that true or a myth?
A: It's actually true. Yahoo is using something called "Web beacons" or a "super cookie" that tracks not only where its users ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Two-thirds of IT managers named spyware as the number one threat to their networks' security in 2005, a survey released Monday said. The poll, conducted by security firm WatchGuard on the Seattle-based company's Web site in December, revealed that 66 percent of the managers and administrators surveyed thought that spyware ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
One of the things you will hear about spyware is that "it keeps free software free". The spin doctors and apologists go on about how you are able to install software for free because of the advertisements. To hear spyware companies tell it, they sponsor these poor, starving software developers ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Anti-spyware company Webroot Software Inc. Monday announced what it claims is the industry's first automated spyware research system. Called Phileas, the system relies on bots--computer programs that perform tasks in lieu of a person--that continually crawl the Web, looking for spyware, adware, and the sites that host such software. Webroot ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Many people go on about AOL's software being spyware. To be sure, I've heard hundreds of times that the advertising AOL members see often begins to reflect their style of web surfing. Someone who visits many car racing or hobbyist sites will notice that the AOL advertising tends to be ...
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