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Well, this doesn't strictly belong in Random but I know there are many people that do not frequent the Tech threads, but I am p***** off!
I just did a search on the Canadian CBC news website (Canada's National TV/Radio service) for spyware and found...nothing!
I wrote them a long and impassioned e-mail asking for exposure on this vile and evil crap. Marlene (Angel) rightfully hates and fights child abuse. We all have our causes. I have mine.
I won't bore you with a blow-by-blow description of all my experiences with spyware. But this week was the last straw. My girlfriend called me, frantic, because her dial-up was auto-connecting at startup. We managed to trace the vile bug and eradicate it (FSW.exe). But it got me to thinking. Spyware no longer lurks solely on free downloads. She downloaded nothing. I recently had Gator and Xupiter. I didn't download anything. I know for a fact that I got them merely by browsing; this junk is lurking on websites and popups. This crap has exploded into an epidemic and nothing is being done about it as far as I'm concerned. Every time I look at a friend's computer guess what I find...?
It is of my opinion that spyware creators have the run of the interent and remain out of the public eye and unchallenged while everybody focuses on the sexy and newsworthy virii, such as Code Red, Sircam and Nimda. As far as I'm concerned, spyware does more harm, collectively, than virii do and should be treated as such! Virii writers and hackers go to jail- I'd like to see spyware writers suffer the same fate!
I would like you support on this one. If you care, post here, or better still, contact your local media outlets and/or government Reps. (or whatever they are called where you live).
I just did a search on the Canadian CBC news website (Canada's National TV/Radio service) for spyware and found...nothing!
I wrote them a long and impassioned e-mail asking for exposure on this vile and evil crap. Marlene (Angel) rightfully hates and fights child abuse. We all have our causes. I have mine.
I won't bore you with a blow-by-blow description of all my experiences with spyware. But this week was the last straw. My girlfriend called me, frantic, because her dial-up was auto-connecting at startup. We managed to trace the vile bug and eradicate it (FSW.exe). But it got me to thinking. Spyware no longer lurks solely on free downloads. She downloaded nothing. I recently had Gator and Xupiter. I didn't download anything. I know for a fact that I got them merely by browsing; this junk is lurking on websites and popups. This crap has exploded into an epidemic and nothing is being done about it as far as I'm concerned. Every time I look at a friend's computer guess what I find...?
It is of my opinion that spyware creators have the run of the interent and remain out of the public eye and unchallenged while everybody focuses on the sexy and newsworthy virii, such as Code Red, Sircam and Nimda. As far as I'm concerned, spyware does more harm, collectively, than virii do and should be treated as such! Virii writers and hackers go to jail- I'd like to see spyware writers suffer the same fate!
I would like you support on this one. If you care, post here, or better still, contact your local media outlets and/or government Reps. (or whatever they are called where you live).