Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans

["Stokes Andy" <stokes_andy () bah com>]

Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) and PestPatrol
(http://www.pestpatrol.com/) both do a bang up job at cleaning up things
the AV programs don't get.
Andy

"Carere, Courtney" wrote:

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> Upon reading "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick yesterday (an
> excellent book, by the way), he writes that most antivirus software
> does not detect spyware, which was a shock to me.  Spyware seems to
> be defined as software that logs keystrokes, screenshots, user
> actions, etc.  I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1.  What's the distinction between spyware, adware, and trojan
> software?  (My antivirus software says it protects against Trojans,
> and I've seen programs like SubSeven in its log files.)
>
> 2.  Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware,
> ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - - Courtney Carere
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