My computer was affected by a spyware - Phisher which steals all the banking and personal information and sends it to some vague site. I did browse for anti-spyware software to remove it. I tried Microsoft Anti-spyware, Webroot and a host of tools. These tools did help in scanning the spyware and removing it temporarily. The spyware used to reload in to the machine’s RAM whenever I rebooted it

Finally I go hold of software which permanently removed the spyware from a tool developed by lavasoft. A sigh of relief to me at last.

Looking at the annoying experience I had with spyware, I do think there will be market for anti-spyware tools in the days to come. But does this justify $108M funding in to a webroot? Webroot is a company which claims that using its anti-spyware it will make a significant dent in to the IT security market and compete against the likes of symantec etc.

Here’s a good article about spyware which was also mentioned in Technology Review, a MIT magazine

Link: www.howstuffworks.com/spyware.htm