Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans

[Jay Stapleton <jstapleton () o2tech ca>]

Try AdAware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/aaw.html) if you're on a windows
platform. Most importantly though, watch what you, or your users
install. it usually just takes a google search on the programme. 

Try googling for "gator", which is a fairly well known spyware
programme, and you'll find after the first half-dozen links or so,
people ranting about it's spyware functions.

Spyware rarely spreads like viruses, it usually is installed, and it
usually declares itself somewhere in the EULA that nobody reads. So you
should be relatively safe if you keep track of what software is on your
system.

On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 17:48, Carere, Courtney wrote:
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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:
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> 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.)
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> 2.  Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware,
> ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server?
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> Thanks!
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> - - Courtney Carere
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