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: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 7.0.4 > > iQA/AwUBPfDTHHcM/5zG0KHEEQIcrACg73VSeTkX/ecvtX+HOWnFNCVNsUUAoMqs > n4t8pKXIbtMIQaMiwRhLW/gN > =4uWy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
