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Web Stalkers
Chapter 11 - Internet Spies
Detecting Spyware
An article titled Poor Defenders in
PC World magazine found that many Spyware detection programs are
lacking. Even more frightening, many of the web-based Spyware
detectors will actually infect the PC with Spyware:
“Even more remarkable, two other programs we
tested installed spyware applications on our system. SpyAssault left
a file called FavoriteMan, a browser hijacker listed in online
spyware databases such as SpywareGuide.com. MyNetProtector installed
a whopping 57 files, including 19 that attempted to make connections
to the Internet, in some cases within seconds of installation.”
The following comprehensive article rates each
spyware removal tool by their ability to locate and remove Spyware
in both the PC files and the MS-Windows registry:
Figure 11.1 – Spyware detection software
Free Can be Better
The results of the PC World article clearly
noted that the freeware tool Spybot Search & Destroy product
was the best tool in their tests, beating all of the extra-cost
products. The Spybot vendor asks for a small donation and provides
semi-weekly updates to their vast array of spyware definitions.
This author installed Spybot and found that it
detected spyware that other products had missed. Spybot has an
easy-to-use interface and was very simple to configure and execute.
Figure 11.2 depicts the main screen setup for the Spybot utility.
Figure 11.2 - The Spybot main screen
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