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Spyware Removal is Big Business

Posted by michael on from the $15-per-hour dept.

prostoalex writes "Just when you thought all the software niches were taken, IDC comes out with the report saying $12 million was spent on spyware removal tools in 2003, and $305 million will be spent in 2008. IDC also estimates two-thirds of PC users out there are infected. Large PC vendors are waking up to the spyware threat, having their call centers overwhelmed with spyware-related calls."

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  1. Try these. by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll
    Spybot, search and destroy and Adaware by Lavasoft are free beer if not free speech. They might work for a month or two. Then you need go go to the pro:

    That should take care of things and you can spend the rest of your client's time showing them new and better software instead of fixing old crap.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.