Spyware

By Shenikwa Stratford Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 9:49 p.m. A local mother was shocked to find what her child was doing online after we put spyware on his computer to keep tabs on what he was doing.

If you’re a security software developer, there are always people who will download and try your software. However, there is so much security software available, how do you sort through the good from the rogue applications? For instance, install security software that is supposed to remove malicious software from your computer, you run the tool thinking it’s checking your system, when all its doing is installing its own Trojan. RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue anti-spyware, anti-virus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers. The main point is that rogue applications are useless and eat up system resources. More Spyware News

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The German government has been pushing for the ability to spy on computers of suspected criminals and terrorists. A little over a year ago, a court came down firmly against a proposal to allow German authorities to use spyware on computers of suspected criminals to gather information.

The decision by Germany's highest court Wednesday to annul a controversial state law allowing secret computer searches for security and anti-terror investigations rightfully puts civil rights above security interests, experts say.

Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.

Networking companies hope to make money by keeping out the bad guys.

A judge from Germany's highest court ruled today that officials cannot use "policeware" to monitor its citizens without the permission of the court, and that "collecting such data directly encroaches on a citizen's rights." Read More...

Germany's highest court Wednesday said Trojan computer spyware may be used legally in counter-terrorism operations.The Federal Constitutional Court said the measures are constitutional in cases where the public or government property is at risk. Law enforcement agents would have to get a warrant from a judge before e-mailing a hidden Trojan computer program to a suspect, Deutsche Welle reported. ...

Germany's highest court Wednesday said Trojan computer spyware may be used legally in counter-terrorism operations.

-Use a well-made, well-padded case to carry your laptop in. Never check it as checked baggage during air travel. -Make sure security applications and software updates are current - anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware.