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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:02:17 GMT, BarKlee wrote:

> Misschien interessant om te weten: Symantec geeft pcAudit aan als spymare.
> 
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyware.pcaudit.html

| # With the user's permission, the spyware tracks and sends the
| following information to the server of Internet Security Alliance:
| 
|     * Computer name or any identification
|     * IP address
|     * Name of the subdirectories and files in the My Documents folder
|     * Snapshot of the computer's screen
|     * Keystroke

<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html#spyware>

| Spyware
| 
| Stand-alone programs that can secretly monitor system activity. These
| may detect passwords or other confidential information and transmit
| them to another computer.
| 
| Spyware can be downloaded from Web sites (typically in shareware or
| freeware), email messages, and instant messengers. A user may
| unknowingly trigger spyware by accepting an End User License Agreement
| from a software program linked to the spyware.

Symantec spreekt zichzelf een beetje tegen lijkt me zo. Van spyware
zeggen ze dat deze 'in het geheim' (~secretly) werkt, maar PCAudit
maakt er geen geheimen van hetgeen het programma probeert te doen.

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