Re: SF new column announcement: Microsoft Anti-Spyware?

["Edward J. Weinberg" <nylug () q5comm com>]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 13:47 -0700, Kelly Martin wrote:
Matvei Kliuchnikov wrote:

> A huge amount of spyware gets installed in an entirely different way, 
...
> Things to watch for:
> - has your browser's homepage been hijacked?
> - do you see any unwanted toolbars in IE?
> - do you see unwanted pop-up windows when you start IE?
> - are you unable to reach Google.com or Yahoo.com, and get redirected to 
> another search engine instead?
> - is there a trojan or keylogger reporting statistics about you back to 
> another location
> - [the list goes on, and on...]

Add to this list:
 - Is your computer sending out spam without your knowledge whenever it
is turned on?
 - Is your computer helping with a DoS attack?