Dealing With Adware And Spyware - Part II, The Technology
from the other-options dept
Following yesterday's "there oughta be a law..." article about adware and spyware, News.com has today's installment about the various anti-adware/spyware software programs out there. They mainly focus on AdAware and ZoneAlarm - two very different, but fairly popular programs. The article points out, though, that beyond the tech savvy crew, not many people make much of an effort to find/download/install these sorts of programs. However, some ISPs and computer makers are starting to look into including them in their offerings as a differentiator against their competitors.
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