Tag: spyware
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Amero case sent for retrial
Spyware popup teacher told earlier trial was flawed. Connecticut temporary teaching assistant Julie Amero, convicted of exposing minors to danger when a classroom computer she had been using displayed a barrage of pornography, has heard her case will be sent back to the courts after the earlier trial was found to have relied on evidence…
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Google stashing adware on Dell systems, says OpenDNS founder
Toolbar partnership accused of devious spyware tactics. The partnership between search giant Google and hardware behemoth Dell , which has led to the popular Google Toolbar being pre-installed on systems sold by Dell , has been accused of overstepping the bounds of good practice and installing unwanted software alongside the toolbar, which is not only…
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Zango sues PC Tools for $35 million
‘Reformed’ adware shippers upset by detection and removal. Adware and sometime spyware maker Zango has brought a suit against anti-spyware firm PC Tools complaining that the Spyware Doctor product, a pared-down version of which is included in the freely available Google Pack set of utilities provided by Google , overestimates the dangers of the Zango…
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I-SPY chases SPY-ACT through approval process
Second piece of US anti-spyware legislation given go-ahead. With the ‘Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act’ (aka SPY-ACT act) approved by a House of Representatives subcommittee last month, a second set of rules aimed at controlling computer infiltration and data theft is following it through the lengthy approval process. The ‘Internet Spyware Prevention Act’…