Witango-Talk: Spyware

[Alan Wolfe]

Hey everyone,   I just stumbled on something really really neat.   I found a page that gives extensive information on browser parasites (spyware/addware etc), which is ok, but whats really neat is the person who made this page has some _javascript_ that you can include in your pages to scan a person's computer for these parasites.  He keeps the _javascript_ up to date so if you link to the js file on his server, it works much like an anti-virus program, where it stays current w/ automatic updates (;   heres the main page (it scans you when you go there and prints out the results): http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/   heres the page with the script you can use: http://www.doxdesk.com/software/js/parasite.html   Since spyware/addware can make browsers unstable, causing errors from dropped args and such, i figured we all could benefit from this tool, especialy since all errors usualy end up reflecting on us, whether it's our fault or not.   Great stuff, hope you guys find it as useful as we do. ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf