Internet Privacy for the comming year

From: Nicole (support_at_freemessageboard.net)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 06:11:51 -0800

One may ask why I would start this discussion about spyware under the
Security topic. Simple, I see spyware as a possible security threat.
If not now, certainly in the very near future.
The term "spyware" is becoming more and more ambiguous. At it's
conception, spyware was nothing more than a cookie placed on your
computer to collect rather benign information about your system and
your preferences on how a page was displayed when you visited a
website. This is no longer the case. The only true distinction between
viruses and some spyware is that the spyware does not conatin a
"harmful" payload that could damage your system. Once spyware does
carry a harmful payload it is then reclassified as a virus or a worm.
Even this distinction is becoming muddied because spyware can have a
direct effect on system performance and your ability to use your
computer reliably.
So what do we do about it? We are not limited in what we can do to rid
systems of spyware. One at a time. We can do this by using the very
valuable and very free tools we can download off the intenet.

I use Privacy defender (http://privacydefender.911Free.com) to keep my
system clean. You can check your computer free for adware, spyware,
trojans and worms.

Makes my computer much faster .. and I don't even use kazaa much.

What about as members of society? What can society itself do to combat
the onslaught of spyware? This will take legislation. Strong, very
effective legislation. Society will need to decide what is just
treatment for those that invade and take over our computers. I have my
own proposals but, I can not speak for society.

Nicole

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