Spyware found on one in three corporate networks

[Pieter_Arntz]

One in three European companies are harbouring spyware apps on their networks, a new study claims.

Full story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29235.html

[root]

If Big Brother isn't watching, then someone else is I guess. >:(

[Pieter_Arntz]

This would mean that businesses are not doing much better then the general public.

EarthLink executives estimate that 40 percent to 50 percent of the Internet service provider's subscribers have running on their machines some kind of advertising or more-malicious program, which often monitors their behavior and sends the data back to the software's parent company.

Source: http://news.com.com/2009-1023-985524.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed

Regards,

Pieter