Adware is at the center of debates over the Julie Amero case, in which a 40-year old substitute teacher was convicted of four counts of risk of injury to a minor, or impairing the morals of a child. More specifically, Amero did not turn off a computer which was serving up pornographic images in the classroom.

There's a war of words happening between antivirus vendor Symantec and the makers of Spybot Search & Destroy. At the heart of the controversy is a recommendation in Norton Internet Security 2007 to uninstall Spybot S&D due to incompatibilities.

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RFID was developed in World War II, helping radar operators distinguish friendly aircraft from enemy. By the 1980s it had evolved into wireless tracking and access applications and today provides omnidirectional electronic storage technology on chips that can read, write, store, and transmit data in freely available international frequency bands.

Panda SpyXposer is a free online scanner that purports to detect spyware, dialers, hacking tools, and other security risks. It doesn't actually remove it, but it does provide a handy log file you can save and use to ferret out the unwelcome additions to your system.

Microsoft has received no small amount of flack for their decision to downgrade Claria (aka Gator/GAIN) detection in the Windows AntiSpyware beta. Though Claria software is still detected, the recommended action is now set to 'Ignore'. Previous versions of Windows AntiSpyware had recommended Claria software be removed.

SPY and SPY Act have passed Congress, but some experts believe the bills miss the heart of the problem - and leave those who fight against adware/spwyare at risk

Microsoft's decision to enter the spyware arena has not been without controversy. Those who blame Internet Explorer and Windows for the current spyware problem charge that the software giant is poised to charge for the misfortune they've allegedly caused.

The headline of an August 2004 press release from EarthLink screams, "TWO MILLION SCANS UNCOVER 55 MILLION INSTANCES OF SPYWARE". And the same source reports that as of Sept 27, 2004, a total of 3,219,855 had uncovered an average of 26 traces of spyware per scan.

Considering the lengths some companies will go to in order to ensure their adware/spyware cannot be easily removed, the best protection is prevention. Fortunately, preventing adware and spyware is simple enough and won't cost you a dime.