Q And A

Q I have a problem I hope you can help me with. My son downloaded a program and allowed a Trojan, Vundo, to get into our laptop. You know what it does: slows the computer to a halt, lots of pop-ups. We have Norton Anti Virus and Spyware Doctor, which we run to clear it. However, Vundo keeps returning. I suspect it is embedded in a program on the computer, perhaps the one my son downloaded. Do you know of a way to remove it altogether?

Get Secure

Spring is almost here and with it the annual update of security programs from Norton and McAfee. Both will soon release their 2007 line of brightly coloured boxes to protect you from viruses, spyware, spam and other online evils. But this year there will also be online versions of software for which you pay a monthly subscription. It's called "software as a service" and unlike the current model of buying a new package each year, the monthly fee will entitle you to all new versions as they are ...

A Cyber War Of The Wares

PC owners are at the centre of a battle over spyware, writes David Adams.

High-flyers Keep Eyes On The Prize

An Australian spyware developer works to ease US security concerns, reports Patrick Gray.

Police Given Computer Spy Powers

Federal and state police now have the power to use computer spyware to gather evidence in a broad range of investigations after legal changes last week.

Spyware Let Loose

FEDERAL and state police have the power to use computer spyware to gather evidence in a broad range of investigations, because of legal changes last week.

Getting Rid Of The Invaders

Q I HAVE encountered WSup.exe and its two slaves WToolsA.exe and WToolsB.dll. I apparently allowed these spyware/adware bugs into my system piggybacked on an eDonkey2000 installation. Norton's Anti Virus flags them as spyware/adware but is unable to delete them. Do you know of a safe utility that will halt and delete them?

Review To Look At Internet Snooping

Having banned email spam last year, the Federal Government has set its sights on spyware, the malicious use of software to steal internet users' personal and financial information. The Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, yesterday announced the Government would review the privacy and cybercrime laws to ensure they provided enough protection against spyware. Spyware is software used to secretly track people's internet use and harvest their personal information. It is often a stepping stone to ...

On The Hunt

This software gets rid of spyware and other pests most programs ignore, writes Rose Vines.

Oecd Calls For Support To Protect Users' Privacy

Software to block online advertisements, cookies and spyware should receive national government support to create a ``sustainable market", says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's privacy working party. The call comes after a survey of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (

`contracts' Used To Spy On Surfers

PEOPLE failing to read Internet agreements are allowing businesses to legally use spyware - software to monitor Web surfers' use of the Internet - to track consumer habits, a research project has found.