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Kelly Martin, 2004-11-26

Some of the largest anti-virus companies have virtually ignored the spyware problem because there is no profit incentive for them to do otherwise. Meanwhile, spyware companies make millions.

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Good article, but I don;t agree 2004-12-07
Anonymous
Another potential reason for going "going down the spyware" patch is the possibility of classifying some legitimate software as sypware and automatically removing it from the entire enterprise. I remember a case on this a few years ago in the UK where their primary software was classified as spywar...

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