Blast writes Spyware annoys, not threatens, IT managers

Michael Crawford, Computerworld

27/05/2004 11:02:15

Despite the alarming statistics and doomsday warnings about spyware in recent months, Australian IT managers claim it has only hit a small percentage of their user base with few signs of malicious intent.

Mercy Health and Aged Care technical and communications manager Simon Richardson describes spyware as a nuisance and a drag on bandwidth but hasn't heard of instances of entire systems crashing locally.

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