Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: August 4, 2004 9:00:46 AM EDT
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Subject: Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware


     Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware
     - Aug 4, 2004 08:03 AM (PR Newswire)

EarthLink and Webroot Release Six-Month SpyAudit Report
         CoolWebSearch Identified as the Most Virulent Adware Program


ATLANTA and BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today EarthLink
(Nasdaq: ELNK), one of the nation's leading Internet service providers, 
and,
Webroot Software, a producer of award-winning privacy, protection and
performance software, released their third SpyAudit Report, which has 
tracked
the growth of spyware on consumer PCs for the first half of 2004.


Since the SpyAudit report's inception on January 1, 2004, more than
two million scans have been performed.  The scans discovered 
approximately
54.8 million instances of spyware, for an average of 26.5 traces per 
SpyAudit
scan.  Scans nearly doubled from the first to the second quarter.  For 
each
category, the instances of adware increased month-over-month, while 
adware
cookies, system monitors and Trojans decreased slightly overall.  The 
complete
report is available at <http://www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/press>.

...

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42899777

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