EarthLink Finds Spyware Running Amok

The Windows malware problem just keeps getting worse and worse. CNET reports:

The Internet service provider worked with security company Webroot’s software to scan consumer PCs, surveying more than 3 million systems between January and September. The study found 83 million instances of spyware, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.

(Via Brad Choate, via iChat.)

★ Tuesday, 5 October 2004