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InternetNews May 2, 2007 Roy Mark	I-SPY a Green Light in The House Judiciary Committee sends anti-spyware bill targeting illegal downloads to House floor.
InternetNews May 12, 2005 Roy Mark	New Bill Targets Spyware Profits U.S. Senator George Allen says the federal government already has authority to prosecute spyware purveyors.
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Roy Mark	A Senate Shot at Anti-Spyware Anti-spyware legislation found new life in the U.S. Senate Thursday when the Commerce Committee approved the SPY BLOCK Act, which outlaws a number of activities associated with unauthorized downloads.
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InternetNews July 16, 2004 Chris Nerney	Trolling For Anti-Phishing Laws President Bush just signed legislation to increase penalties against phishing and other identity theft-related cyber crimes.
InternetNews November 5, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC to Congress: Lose the Anti-Spyware Plans The Federal Trade Commission again warned Congress today that anti-spyware legislation is unnecessary with the existence of adequate fraud laws to contend with spyware perpetrators.
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InternetNews October 3, 2005 Tim Gray	California Outlaws Phishing It becomes the first state to make the scam a civil violation.
PC World November 2004 Tom Mainelli	Quick Take Spyware isn't getting any dumber, so the software you use to keep it off of your PC has to continue evolving, too.
PC World November 2005	Security Resources on the Web Additional links to information and resources regarding online security issues.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Consumers Whistling Past the Security Graveyard Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 David Kushner	Making Computer Crime Sexy A look at cyber crime in the movies and real life.
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InternetNews June 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	ID Theft Costs Victims $2.4B in One Year New Gartner research says millions are duped by online fraudsters through scams such as phishing.
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InternetNews July 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Identity Theft Law Hits Back at 'Phishers' The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, signed into law by President Bush, mandates federal prison terms for using a false identity in the commission of a felony.
InternetNews July 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Bill Fills Phishing Holes Proposed legislation would criminalize phishing from beginning to end.
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T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Kelly Martin	Unmasking Spyware Today's Internet threats often arrive so quietly that they're undetectable, allowing he malicious code more time to identify and extract additional sensitive information, including passwords, decryption keys and keystrokes.
PC World November 2005 Mary Landesman	Best Defenders No, you don't need to put up with PC-clogging, privacy-invading spyware. New and potent tools for killing it dead. Spy Sweeper 4.0... Platinum Internet Security 2005... McAfee AntiSpyware 2006... CounterSpy 1.029... Interview with Gregor Freund on the future of spyware...
PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi	Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed.
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PC Magazine May 5, 2004 John Clyman	McAfee AntiSpyware McAfee AntiSpyware is a solid--but not impenetrable--defense against spyware and adware
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PC Magazine December 28, 2004 John R.Quain	Make Way for Mozilla Is spyware slowing down your surfing? If so, you may want to try Mozilla's Firefox browser.
InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Trend Micro Acquires InterMute Trend Micro's acquisition of InterMute brings more spyware protection into the company's fold.
InternetNews December 5, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Washington Settles First Spyware Suit The Attorney General's office for the state of Washgington has its first notch under a new law designed to punish spyware makers and, in this case, make them pay.
Inc. June 2004 Cara Cannella	Senate Moves to Ban Sneaky Spyware Newly proposed legislation known as the Spyblock Act is designed to prohibit companies from covertly installing spyware software on your network.
PC World July 2004 Grace Aquino	On Your Side: Spyware Scanner Raises Doubts How trustworthy is an anti-spyware utility purchased on the Web?
Macworld July 17, 2006 Mark H. Anbinder	MacScan 2.1 Designed for security-conscious Mac users, this security app hunts for spyware, erases browser history.
PC World July 2005 Andrew Brandt	Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection? Determining what classifies as spyware is a difficult problem, and would-be spyware manufacturers try to make sure their software is not blacklisted by the major anti-spyware tools.
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.
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PC Magazine August 3, 2004	Computer Security: Who Is Responsible? There are ways to protect your computer and your office, as well as ways of shielding your kids from online dangers. No solution is perfect, but you'll be more secure if you follow the basics.
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InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.