Spyware Removal? Maybe Not...

If you use a web browser, chances are you've had a run-in with spyware or adware. Some antivirus software has begun detecting these things, and there are good free checking-and-removal tools such as AdAware and SpyBot Search&Destroy. However, CNET News is reporting that the free "removal" tool SpyBan that was available from Download.com actually installed the spyware Look2Me on a user's computer.

Since this discovery, Download.com has removed SpyBan from its downloads, and public-interest group The Center for Democracy & Technology plans to file complaints with the Federal Trade Commission.

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