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Study Notes Decline in Internet Spyware

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the big-decline-still-big-dissapointment dept.

Zoner12 writes "LiveScience magazine is running an interesting article about a new study detailing the extent and seriousness of spyware on the Internet, finding that it is still prevalent but declined significantly. The scary statistic is that 1 in 62 websites visited distributes malware. Kind of disheartening that this is a decline."

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  1. In other news by abenton · · Score: 1, Funny

    87% of studies are made up on the spot

  2. A decline in study notes...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone else read the headline as meaning "there are less Study Notes included in Internet Spyware"???

    Whenever I need to brush-up on my 19th Century history or Applied Calculus, I always read the source-code of spyware first...

  3. Not all spyware is bad! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spyware helped make my p3n1s bigger

  4. Re:Spyware v2.0 by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spyware - and software of all forms - does not evolve. It is unintelligently designed.

    --
    'Sensible' is a curse word.
  5. Study Notes by Tedium+Unleased · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wasn't aware there were any study notes for internet spyware.

  6. Statistics by GoatMonkey2112 · · Score: 1, Funny

    1 in 62 is pretty low considering that 61 in 62 site are porn.