Tuesday, January 06, 2009

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Malware hunting; Merry Christmas, Ms. Amero
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Malware hunting

Mark Gibbs By Mark Gibbs
One of Gibbs' Windows XP machines is acting up. Again. Looks like he's got a case of malware but it seems to be a little hard to find. Read full story

Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist and columnist.

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Backspin: Merry Christmas, Ms. Amero
Gibbs recounts the case of Julie Amero, the Connecticut teacher who was unjustly accused of child endangerment for porno popups on a classroom computer.

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What is the average sentence for kidnapping? Seventy-five years? Nope. Sixty years? No, if you forcibly abduct someone, on average, you'll get a fraction more than 18 years in the slammer.

Spyware case finally closed for teacher Julie Amero
The case against Julie Amero is finally closed.

Schoolteacher granted new trial in spyware-porn case
Connecticut schoolteacher Julie Amero, convicted in a classroom computer-porn incident she says happened because spyware took over the computer at her desk, today was granted a new trial instead of a possible jail term.

Amero school-porn case raises questions of classroom computers, spyware
As she awaits a possible 40-year prison term, the case of Julie Amero, the substitute teacher in eastern Connecticut convicted of exposing seventh-graders to Internet porn, has gained national attention from school IT ...

How spyware nearly sent a teacher to prison
If there's a poster child for the dangers of spyware, it's Julie Amero.

Teacher faces prison for pop-up infested PC
Have you ever faced a pop-up that wouldn't go away? You try clicking it closed and another pops up in less than a nanosecond. You reboot the system, annoyed that your anti-spyware program let something slip through.

More children are exposed to online porn, study says
Children as young as 10 and 11 are increasingly being exposed to online pornography -- and usually by accident, according to a new university study being published Monday.

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