Spyware in Corporate PCs

"Despite the antispyware tools and legislation out there, we see no relief anytime soon because there's too much money to be made by producing spyware," said Richard Stiennon, vice president of threat research for the Boulder, Colo.-based company. "The status of adware and more malicious forms of spyware is vibrant."
  • At least one form of unwanted program [Trojan, system monitor, cookie or adware] was present in 87% of PCs.
  • Excluding cookies, the other forms of spyware were present in more than 55% of corporate PCs.
  • Adware was present on 53% of machines scanned within the enterprise.
  • The presence of Trojan horses within enterprises was "surprisingly high" at 7%, accounting for an average of 1.3 infections per PC.
  • CoolWebSearch was the most successful spyware distributor, followed by such entities as Claria (formerly known as Gator) and 180SearchAssistant.