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SC councilman found guilty in spying case (WBTV Charlotte)

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – A former South Carolina county councilman has been found guilty of using spyware to scan another county employee’s computer and e-mails.source


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City of Kyle Web site may have spread virus (News 8 Austin)

The City of Kyle is advising anyone who has visited its Web site in the past few days to check their computers for viruses and spyware. The city said code appeared in some of its Web pages that triggered some virus protection programs.source


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AVG LinkScanner Adds Real-time Protection to Your Browsing (Salon.com)

We have covered our share of tips and tricks to help keep your system safe, secure and malware-free. Sam has written a couple of times about one of my favorite tools, the excellent Malware Bytes product, which does a tremendous job of cleaning up after a spyware or scareware infection.source


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Shavlik to bundle anti-malware into patch system (Computer Business Review)

System schedules vulnerability checks … Shavlik Technologies LLC has shipped its long-promised combined anti-spyware and patch management so …source


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Is the FBI Behind Spyware? (PC World)

In the pursuit of cybercrooks, the FBI is casting itself as an ethical hacker.source