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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:44:39 PST8
From:	"Larry Tawa" <laror@dslextreme.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Spyware

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In <65080.23.34.46.17.02.2004@constellation.carrier>, on 02/17/2004
at 11:27 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>I just got a Mozilla window from an Enigma Software Group saying someone
>could install software on my box and keep track of everything I do. They
>offer a free program, spyhunters.exe (which works only with Windoze), to
>search for such programs that could provide info on Explorer use. The
>company calls these programs spyware and says they are undetectable by
>anti-virus software.

>Has anybody ever heard of spyware? Is it a problem? If so, how does one
>check for it with OS/2 and Mozilla?

>TIA for any information.

>Jack

PC Magazine (March 2, 2004) Cover Story -- "Special Report: Spyware and
Identity Threat"

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1524776,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1524513,00.asp
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