Spyware Still Cheating Merchants

Jamie found an interesting story about how Spyware is still on the move. It talks about how Spyware vendors are trying to clean up their image, but still doing fishy things. It breaks down several common types of spyware and some analysis of each.

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Re:Serves them right?

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These merchants, Netflix, Blockbuster and others signed with people with very low ethical standards.

Where did I see that Netflix or Blockbuster signed with them?. The only given is that these were the companies that Mr. Edleman was checking in his study. There is NO evidence that these were the only companies targeted by the spyware referred to in the article, only that they were indeed victims. I suspect that Mr. Edleman could have selected many other popular sites and found the same behavior, however this was not intended to be an exhaustive search. (Aside to Mr. Edleman): You might think about marketing this search method to other companies, as well as to Netflix and Blockbuster (since you *already* have proven them to be at risk).