Spyware Resources - 5 September 2002

Scott Harlow

Presentation for the Tokyo PC Users Group

Articles about spyware

Vigorous, often heated discussions about spyware:

http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=spyware

ZDNet Article about spyware:

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2612053,00.html

Wired News - What They Know Could Hurt You Jan. 3, 2002:

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,49430,00.html

Spychecker.com - What is spyware?

http://www.spychecker.com/spyware.html

  also a spyware database - check software for spyware before you download:

http://www.spychecker.com/

PCWorld.com - Invasion of the Browser Snatchers Feb. 14, 2002:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,84464,tk,dnWknd,00.asp

CNN.com - Microsoft, Real face 'spyware' probe Jun. 17, 2002:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/06/17/eu.cookies/index.html

Descriptions of spyware

Privacy Power web site - no longer updated, lots of good information

http://accs-net.com/smallfish/index.htm

Counterexploitation - current, regularly updated site - full details on spyware and removal

http://cexx.org/

Privacy.net site - demonstrates web site tracking and shows what sites can get from you:

http://privacy.net/

ScumWare.com - Very angry webmaster-oriented site fighting "traffic stealing" adware/spyware

http://www.scumware.com/

Gibson Research - Steve Gibson's groundbreaking first spyware removal tool plus new info.

http://grc.com/default.htm

Spyware removal tools

ExtremeTech site's Privacy and Security on your PC section:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,171493,00.asp

Spychecker.com - Spyware tools download links:

http://www.spychecker.com/download.html

Gibson Research - Spyware removal, security and privacy tools

http://grc.com/freepopular.htm

Ad-Aware - the best adware/spyware removal tool - as important as anti-virus software!

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

EPIC's listing of privacy tools:

http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html

Privacy organizations

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF):

http://www.eff.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC):

http://www.epic.org/

EPIC's listing of other privacy organizations:

http://www.epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html