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Report to Mining Management on: Recommendation for Anti-Spyware to be installed in six (6) Personal Computers in the Mine Site Office
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Method Used: 1. Search Internet and technical magazines for independent review of Anti-Spyware 2. Tabulate Summary of Results 3. Develop recommendation for six computers with a budget under $1,000
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Computer Monitoring software that sends information about your Web surfing habits, keystrokes etc. to a central Web Server for either marketing or criminal purposes. Spyware is often installed without the users knowledge or explicit permission in combination with a free download.
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Domestic Spyware is software that is usually purchased and installed by computer owners Commercial Spyware used by Companies that track your online habits often sell this information to others
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Many Viruses these days are also designed to behave as Spyware by monitoring and reporting back to a central Web server Trojans also generate hits for advertising revenue etc Blurring of line between Virus & Spyware Need unified scanner that detects and removes both Spyware and Virus threats
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Feature set Effectiveness Ease of Use Customisation Ease of Setup / Installation Help Support – online & phone
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Spy Sweeper V5.2 (Webroot) Recommended Software
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Free customer support Use friendly at all levels Advance updates Design for all windows platforms Free trial version Available with Antivirus
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Easy to install and configured but requires reboot Daily and automatic updates Toll-free / online customer support Custom removals of spyware Easy to integrate with antivirus Software
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Best anti-spyware software overall. Spy Sweeper is considered the best all-around anti- spyware program in the greatest number of reviews because of its high detection rates and superior ease of use. Most effective anti-spyware program. In the very latest testing, Spyware Doctor is slightly better at removing spyware from test systems (PC User October 2007)
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Several vendor neutral websites and technical magazines were researched in the preparation of this Report to Mining Management. 1. Anti-Spyware Review PC User October 2007 2. http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com/ http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com/ 3. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ http://www.av-comparatives.org/ 4. http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-and-filtering/windows-defender-version- 1593/4505-3681_7-32784956.html?tag=txt http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-and-filtering/windows-defender-version- 1593/4505-3681_7-32784956.html?tag=txt 5. http://www.2009securitysoftwarereviews.com/ http://www.2009securitysoftwarereviews.com/ 6. http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-spysweeper.html http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-spysweeper.html 7. http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/
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