Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans

From: Jill Tovey (jill.tovey@bigbluedoor.com)
Date: 12/06/02

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    From: "Jill Tovey" <jill.tovey@bigbluedoor.com>
To: "Carere, Courtney" <CCarere@rich.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:46:34 -0000

    Carere,

    Spyware is adware, it gathers information about your internet usage usually
    for marketing / advertising purposes though it can be used to collect
    passwords and other information that could be harmful.

    The best solution is to get 'adaware' from lavasoft, it will search your
    drive and remove it all for you, find it here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/.

    Kind Regards,

    Jill

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    From: "Carere, Courtney" <CCarere@rich.com>
    To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:48 PM
    Subject: Adware, spyware, and trojans

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    > Upon reading "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick yesterday (an
    > excellent book, by the way), he writes that most antivirus software
    > does not detect spyware, which was a shock to me. Spyware seems to
    > be defined as software that logs keystrokes, screenshots, user
    > actions, etc. I have a couple of questions:
    >
    > 1. What's the distinction between spyware, adware, and trojan
    > software? (My antivirus software says it protects against Trojans,
    > and I've seen programs like SubSeven in its log files.)
    >
    > 2. Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware,
    > ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    > - - Courtney Carere
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