March 24, 2004 7:16 AM PST

Senators seek to define, then ban, spyware

Computer spyware programs are becoming an online scourge, lawmakers say, but the problem needs to be pinned down to avoid outlawing harmless technologies.

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Spyware and otaher intrusive functions by people
I have just discovered that my HP 2000 Has an area--computer>windows>profiles>cookies>ckt>hpauthorized customer. In this are listed marketing firmsnot listed as such as there is abc, google, etc. These are not removed by simply going to Internet Options. What makes it even more ridiculous is that I had "Spystopper" which was not working properly. And then--I had a Norton Internet Security scan done before I discovered this. Everything showed okay. So you do not know these are there unless you check the innards of your
computer.
One is imrworldwide.com as listed in the Notepad
path it takes. Put Imrworldwide.com in Google. It
refers you to Red Sheriff.com. Another is addfreestats.com. Listed in the same manner.
Use Printscreen in WORD; use a digital camera and take pictures that are not connected to internet.
I HAVE.
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