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A company representing Internet users in more than 100 countries today filed a lawsuit in Virginia seeking the identity of individuals responsible for harvesting millions of e-mail addresses on behalf of spammers.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on behalf of Project Honey Pot , a service of Unspam Technologies LLC, a Utah-based anti-spam company that consults with private companies and government agencies.

The lead attorney on the case, Jon Praed of the Arlington, Va.-based Internet Law Group, has represented America Online and Verizon Online in successful cases against junk e-mailers. Praed said the group hopes to follow the trail from the people doing the harvesting of e-mail addresses to the actual spammers. (more…)

There are spyware symptoms that tell you when your computer is infected. From a slow PC or network, to new toolbars, to erratic search results and a brand new default homepage that you didn’t ask for, beware of these symptoms hinting at your pc being infected.

When we talk about spyware symptoms, we talk about both how you get spyware and what the symptoms of having spyware in your system are. Knowing this can help you in choosing an effective antispyware and adware removal tool.

Spyware is a major threat to security and privacy since it monitors your computer activity without you being aware of it and relays that information to someone who wants to use this information for commercial purposes. (more…)

Done by the guys over at SiteAdvisor. Pretty funny really.

It shows how your system would be like when you get the rogues on your system. You know VirusBurst, VirusBurster, SpySheriff. WML exploits and even the dreaded blue screen of death.

Video is inside the post.

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