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Register your email for our weekly roundup of business news, product reviews and articles that matter to business. As with viruses, spyware has caused such controversy that a number of software programmers have developed utilities to eliminate it. Such is the feeling surrounding the issue that many of these are either shareware or completely free. This not only sniffs out and removes any hidden fiends, it can also immunise your system against over 400 different spies. Note that this is the release of the long-awaited Vista-compatible Spybot 1. Along with the brand new user-interface, there are all sorts of other improvements to fight and protect against the latest spyware. More Spyware News

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Spying on one's partner is a growing abuse of spyware, says security company McAfee.

Search engine spammers have ramped up their efforts to ensnare the unwary using a fake link constructed from the search engine's direct results feature.

Spying on one's partner is a growing abuse of spyware, says McAfee.

Tax rebate checks courtesy of a proposed economic stimulus package have yet to be approved by Congress, but some scams are using the anticipation of extra cash to lure people into disclosing personal and financial information, the Internal Revenue Service warned yesterday.

The stock market may be in turmoil, but that doesn't mean your personal finances have to be. But there are a lot of web sites out there designed to make your financial life easier.

Protect Against Zero-Day Threats with Symantec Endpoint Security Whitepaper: To combat the sophisticated, attacks of today's threat landscape, organizations can no longer rely on traditional antivirus and antispyware solutions.

I never met Mr. Magee, but I've followed him in his reporting endevours because he is simply the best. One time I emailed the publicly available email address with just a small remark (nothing like an actual news tip or anything), and he actually responded.

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