Juts saw this @ our good friends Neowin.net:
Well - guys - exclusivly to Neowin from one of my under-ground sources I can tell you that in Windows XP's Service Pack 1 there is clear spyware.
Windows XP sp1ers have found a registry key setup by the program "Alexa", a subsiduary of Amazon (see link below). On the top link, we can see that Alexa has been found to send detailed information about users to its servers, which im sure not only breaks microsofts privacy statement, but also breaks laws. My source says that the popular anti-spyware program Ad-aware detects elements of the installation as adware, and this registry key confirms it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Extensions > {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003} For more coverage warp 2 Neowin.net
Well - guys - exclusivly to Neowin from one of my under-ground sources I can tell you that in Windows XP's Service Pack 1 there is clear spyware.
Windows XP sp1ers have found a registry key setup by the program "Alexa", a subsiduary of Amazon (see link below). On the top link, we can see that Alexa has been found to send detailed information about users to its servers, which im sure not only breaks microsofts privacy statement, but also breaks laws. My source says that the popular anti-spyware program Ad-aware detects elements of the installation as adware, and this registry key confirms it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Extensions > {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003} For more coverage warp 2 Neowin.net
