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This holiday season, about 42 percent of the country’s population will buy gifts over the Web to avoid the masses at the mall, according to a Consumer Reports survey. Online research firms eMarketer and Forrester Research, Inc. both predict that holiday online sales in the U.S. will total more than $30 billion this year, a [...]
The Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) surveyed 1,070 businesses earlier this year. Some 55 percent of those polled reported spyware as their top concern; in particular, respondents said the volume of spyware they have to combat had increased in the previous 12 months. “Spyware was rarely mentioned as a concern just a few years ago,” [...]
According to research from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), spyware now poses the biggest security threat to organizations, while threats from worms, viruses and browser-based attacks have lessened. 55% of 1,070 organizations surveyed said that the volume of spyware they are combating has increased over the past 12 months.
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Spybot Search and Destroy is a free program that is widely used to remove spyware from PCs. It works with the Windows Vista operating system, an important consideration if you have a new computer. But don’t confuse Spybot Search and Destroy with sound-alike programs such as Spyware Search and Destroy and SpywareBot.
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