Just finished building a new box for a client. Took the opportunity to grab the task list. The list below is what Windows Task Manager reported as running processes immediately after installation, after hardware detection, but before any drivers were installed. No patches, no antivirus, no software installs of any kind, no exposure to the [...]
I’ve been looking, as always in recent months, at a lot of computers that don’t run right. Most have massive infections that include from a few dozen to several thousand spyware and adware bits and chunks, including files, autorun shortcuts, folders, processes, and registry entries.
Two computers were a little different last week. The first was [...]
The results of the Federal Trade Commission’s spyware conference have been released. The workshop took place in Washington DC on April 19, 2004, and I wrote two position papers that were submitted as public comments 68 and 352.
There is a press release on the report: www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/03/spywarerpt.htm
The report itself is here: (68 page PDF): www.ftc.gov/os/2005/03/050307spywarerpt.pdf
Overall, everyone [...]