'Researchware' Watches Where You Click
Thursday April 21, 2005
Is it spyware? Company says no; critics aren't so sure
It's just a small download, promoted as a free antivirus program. But the software is really designed to sit silently on consumers' computers, watch everything they do online, and send the critical data back to the program’s creator. The program has swept the Internet in the last year, with millions of people downloading it. Read the full story. By Bob Sullivan, MSNBC News.
It's just a small download, promoted as a free antivirus program. But the software is really designed to sit silently on consumers' computers, watch everything they do online, and send the critical data back to the program’s creator. The program has swept the Internet in the last year, with millions of people downloading it. Read the full story. By Bob Sullivan, MSNBC News.


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