Interesting posting from Eric Howes about Spyware and the FTC

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I'm not sure whether this was already posted here at Wilders.

Very interesting posting from Eric Howes (eburger68) about Spyware and the FTC !!!

DSLR-security-forum:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9818820~mode=flat

Quotes:

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What I Told the FTC about Spyware...

Hi All:

We've talked about the upcoming workshop on spyware being hosted by the FTC:

»Tired of being hijacked? TELL the FTC! (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9458905~mode=flat)
»Telling the FTC About Spyware: A Few Tips... (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9587358~mode=flat)
»Lop.com Goes to the FTC (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9745185~mode=flat)

I've finally submitted my comments on the problem of spyware. You can download these comments and supporting documents in PDF format. That PDF document contains three documents: my comments themselves as well as two supporting documents:

Comments to the FTC (w/ supporting documents)
>>http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/elh-comments.pdf (1863 kb)

Since one of the docs is rather large, I've also split them up for those who might want to view them one-by-one:

Comments to the FTC
»http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/ftc-comments.pdf (53 kb)

Junkware: A New Name for Spyware
»http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/junkware.pdf (29 kb)

The Anatomy of a Drive-by-Download
»http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/dbd-anatomy.pdf (1782 kb)

The FTC is still taking comments from the public on this topic, and I would encourage folks to take a bit of time and tell the FTC about a problem that we deal with here every day. See the link on this page for submitting comments:

»http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/spyware/index.htm

Of course, I'm always happy to answers questions about, comments on, or criticisms of the documents that I submitted to the FTC.

Best,

Eric L. Howes