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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 48 , Issue 8 (August 2005) table of contents
Spyware

SPECIAL ISSUE: Spyware table of contents

Pages: 41 - 43

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:0001-0782

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Roger Thompson

Computer Associates

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Spyware is becoming a relentless onslaught from those seeking to capture and use private information for their own ends. Spyware is annoying and negatively impacts the computing experience. Even worse, there are real and significant threats to corporate and even national security from those who use and abuse spyware.

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	Robert LaRose , Nora J. Rifon , Richard Enbody, Promoting personal responsibility for internet safety, Communications of the ACM, v.51 n.3, p.71-76, March 2008