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Spyware on One in Twenty Computers?

Posted by michael on from the PEBKAC dept.

SpaceDonkey writes "New Scientist reports that researchers at the University of Washington carried out a scan of the campus network for signs of spyware. They found spyware lurking on more than one in 20 machines and also discovered a serious vulnerability in two of the four spyware programs they looked for."

3 of 400 comments (clear)

  1. YOU HAVE SHAMED ALL OF US NIGGER FAGS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. Re:1 in 20? Thats all? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Figures, that this same response gets posted all over the place around the same time I was posting it. I can already sense the Redundant mods coming in.

    -- 00420 -- AC so post is at 0

  3. Re:testing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Posting your phone number to Slashdot is a BAD IDEA.