Scumware...

“Scumware is the generic term for various kinds of software that hides on your PC and displays ads and/or reports on your online behavior. Well, it looks as if the problem is going to get worse in the near future because a lot more marketing companies are starting to turn to this tool.” Read more from Mark Gibbs writing in Network World. This is why everyone who access the Web needs to run Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy on a regular basis, and use the innoculation feature of Spybot S & D.
[Via Information Technology News]

Posted by Ray Trygstad | Category: InfoTech | 08:47 AM