atw: FYI: Spyware is winning?

There's an interesting round-up of the current state of anti-adware
and anti-spyware software in the latest Windows Secrets newsletter:
http://WindowsSecrets.com/050127

  Anti-adware misses most malware

  "Now that 80% of home PCs in the U.S. are infected with adware
  and spyware, according to one study, it turns out that nearly
  every anti-adware application on the market catches less than
  half of the bad stuff.

  That's the conclusion of a remarkably comprehensive series of
  anti-adware tests conducted recently by Eric Howes, an instructor
  at the University of Illinois..."

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