If you don’t think that spyware is really a problem, you must either be using a Mac or Unix machine, or not connected to the Internet. WebRoot has just announced that their database of spyware has exceeded 100,000 unique traces of spyware!:

“Combined Efforts of Dedicated In-House Threat Research Team and Phileas Protect Millions Against the Most Malicious Forms of Spyware

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Webroot Software, the leading provider of anti-spyware software and other security technologies for consumer and enterprise markets, announced today that the company’s spyware definition database now exceeds 100,000 unique traces of spyware Webroot has been researching, identifying and creating definitions for specific spyware traces since the introduction of its award-winning anti-spyware product, Spy Sweeper(TM), in 2002.

As the spyware threat continues to grow, the need for automated research to keep pace with the increased distribution of spyware has become a necessity. The number of spyware traces in the wild has doubled during the first six months of the year…

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